also: いずこ · いずく · いづこ · いどこ
pronoun
where; what place
Interrogative pronoun for an unknown place. It commonly takes particles such as に, で, へ, から, and まで. The readings いずこ, いずく, and related variants are literary or obsolete.
トイレはどこですか。
Where is the restroom?
鍵をどこに置いたか覚えていない。
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Outdated kanji form of 何処; useful mainly for older texts or search.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.