场

場/塲

cháng, chǎng

土 + 𠃓

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Definitions

chǎng (noun) place; venue; site; ground

chǎng (noun) scene; setting

cháng (noun) threshing floor

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 𠃓 represents the sound.

Semantic: 土 Phonetic: 昜

About

The character 场 simplifies the traditional 場, a phono-semantic compound. It combines the earth radical 土, indicating a level ground area, with the phonetic element 昜. Originally, it referred specifically to a large, flat dirt clearing for threshing grain or agricultural work. The simplified form replaces the complex right-hand component with a simpler structure, and its meaning has expanded to encompass any open space, sports arena, theatrical stage, marketplace, or scene of social or physical activity.

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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

这个操场很大

Zhège cāochǎng hěn dà.

This playground is very big.

我们去市场买菜

Wǒmen qù shìchǎng mǎi cài.

We go to the market to buy groceries.

他在机场工作

Tā zài jīchǎng gōngzuò.

He works at the airport.

这是一个重要场合

Zhè shì yīgè zhòngyào chǎnghé.

This is an important occasion.

电影场面非常壮观

Diànyǐng chǎngmiàn fēicháng zhuàngguān.

The movie scene is very spectacular.

比赛场地上有很多观众

Bǐsài chǎngdì shang yǒu hěn duō guānzhòng.

There are many spectators on the competition field.

经过一场激烈的辩论双方达成了协议

Jīngguò yī chǎng jīliè de biànlùn shuāngfāng dáchéng le xiéyì.

After a fierce debate both sides reached an agreement.

在那种紧张场合下他依然保持冷静

Zài nà zhǒng jǐnzhāng chǎnghé xià tā yīrán bǎochí lěngjìng.

In that tense situation he still remained calm.

Related Characters

Component: 土

Component: 𠃓

场