whereabouts; address; location
Refers to where someone or something is located; often used when the exact place is unknown or being sought.
I lost track of his whereabouts.
The police tracked down the suspect's location.
temporary residence; place of temporary stay
Only with reading きょしょ
Used with the reading きょしょ to mean a place where one is staying temporarily, such as a hotel or a friend's house. Less common than いどころ.
Decide on a place to stay during the trip.
居所 is a stiffer, more legal/formal word for one's address or whereabouts, while 居場所 is the common word and also covers the emotional sense of belonging.
Standard kanji spelling for the common reading いどころ.
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing when the kanji is not needed.
Rarely used kanji form; 居所 is preferred.
Compound of 居 (i, 'being, staying') and 所 (tokoro, 'place'), with rendaku voicing of tokoro to dokoro. The reading きょしょ is the on'yomi reading of the same kanji.