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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (field) + phonetic 

Han character [edit]

(radical 32 +9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土日一竹 (GAMH), four-corner 46127, composition)

  1. open space, field, market

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 234, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5278
  • Dae Jaweon: page 472, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 462, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5834

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , jyutping coeng4, Yale cheung4)

Compounds [edit]

機場 gei1 coeng4 Airport


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Alteration from Old Japanese (/*nipa/, “garden, yard”).

/*nipa/ > /*niba/ > /ba/

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana , romaji ba)

  1. a place
  2. (physics) a field

Counter [edit]

(hiragana , romaji ba)

  1. sections of a play

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana じょう, romaji , historical hiragana ぢゃう)

  1. a flattened area used for festivals or ceremonies
  2. a place where events are held

Suffix [edit]

(hiragana じょう, romaji -jō, historical hiragana ぢゃう)

  1. place, arena, course

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin chǎng (chang3), Wade-Giles ch'ang3)

Compounds [edit]

  • 力场 / 力場 (Physics) (force field, field)
  • 立場 (立場场) (position, perspective)

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(trường, tràng)