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The character "场", whose traditional form is "場", originates from a semantic-phonetic composition combining the earth radical "土" with "昜", which historically functioned as a phonetic component and also contributed a sense of openness or exposure. Its earliest core meaning was a flat, open area of earth used for specific agricultural purposes, such as a threshing floor or an open-air working ground. From this concrete foundation, the term naturally expanded to denote any designated open space for public activities, like a marketplace or a venue for examinations. Over time, its application broadened further into more abstract domains, coming to signify a defined sphere or arena of action, as in a battlefield or a political arena, and eventually encompassed the concept of a situational setting or scene, as used in physics to describe a field of force or in drama to indicate a scene. The structural simplification from "場" to "场" altered the phonetic element but retained the foundational earth radical, which continues to subtly anchor its association with a defined spatial domain.
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这个操场很大
我们去市场买菜
他在机场工作
这是一个重要场合
电影场面非常壮观
比赛场地上有很多观众
经过一场激烈的辩论双方达成了协议
在那种紧张场合下他依然保持冷静