also: いずこ · いずく · いづこ · いどこ
I don't remember where I put the key.
pronoun
how far; to what extent; what limit
Used especially in expressions such as どこまで and どこから to ask about a physical range, limit, or abstract degree rather than simply a location.
この道はどこまで続いているんですか。
How far does this road go?
彼の話はどこまで本当なのか分からない。
I don't know to what extent his story is true.
Commonly understood kanji spelling, but kana どこ is normally preferred in ordinary writing.
Literary or old-fashioned reading meaning 'where'; not the normal modern reading of 何処.
Obsolete or classical-style reading listed; mainly useful for older texts.
Historical kana spelling variant of いずこ; mainly useful for older texts.
Obsolete reading listed; unlikely in modern ordinary writing.
Less common alternative kanji spelling for どこ.
Outdated kanji form of 何処; useful mainly for older texts or search.
Means 'here,' the place near the speaker; どこ asks which place.
Means 'there,' often near the listener or previously mentioned; どこ asks for an unknown place.
A more polite or formal way to ask 'where' or 'which direction/side,' depending on context.
Asks 'around where' or 'what area,' making the location more approximate than どこ.
どこ is a native Japanese interrogative place pronoun. The kanji spellings 何処 and 何所 combine 何, 'what,' with characters associated with 'place'; the exact historical derivation of the spoken form is not specified.