住所 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhùsuǒ

residence

zhù reside

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 主 represents the sound.

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

主 Sound component

zhǔ master

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	drjuH	dro(ʔ)-s	stop (v.)

Origin unclear. 戶 represents the sound.

戶 Sound component

hù, hu door

Change in sound

所 and 戶 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
所 xuX
戶 huX

斤 Meaning component

jīn axe

The original purpose of this component is unclear.

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srjoX	s-qʰ<r>aʔ	place (n.); that which
	xuX	qʰaʔ	所所 = 許許 = 滸滸 sound of hewing wood

《說文》：“所，伐木聲也。从斤，戶聲。”