소 (所) can mean either thing or place, and 무 (無) can mean without, not have, or there is no/not. For example, the Korean word for rumor is 소문 (所聞), which literally means a thing (所) that is heard (聞); and the Korean word for place or location is 장소 (場所), which literally means a place's (場) location (所). As for 무 (無), the Korean word for nameless is 무명 (無名), which literally means without (無) a name (名); and the Korean word for safety is 무사 (無事), which literally means without (無) incident (事).
As for 무소 (無所), here are a few words in which it appears:
- 무소득 (無所得) - without (無) gain or benefit (所得) or nothing (無所) gained (得). By itself, 소득 (所得) literally means something (所) gained (得).
- 무소부재 (無所不在) - There is no (無) place (所) [He] does not (不) exist (在), which translates as omnipresence.
- 무소부지 (無所不知) - There is no (無) thing (所) [He] does not (不) know (知), which translates as omniscience.
- 무소불능 (無所不能) - There is no (無) thing (所) [for Him] that is not (不) possible (能), which translates as omnipotence.
- 무소불위 (無所不爲) - There is no (無) thing (所) [He] does not (不) do (爲), which also translates as omnipotence.
- 무소속 (無所屬) - without (無) a place (所) or group (屬), which translates as without affiliation [to a group] or independence
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