場

See also 场, and 塲

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 土 (“field”) + phonetic 昜

Han character

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

1. open space, field, market

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

場 (simplified 场, jyutping coeng4, Yale cheung4)

Compounds

機場 gei1 coeng4 Airport

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Japanese

Kanji

場 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょう (jō)
• Kun: ば (ba)

Compounds

• 工場 (こうじょう, kōjō): a factory

Etymology 1

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

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [ba̠]

Noun

場 (hiragana ば, romaji ba)

1. a place
2. (physics) a field

Counter

場 (hiragana ば, romaji ba)

1. sections of a play

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: [d͡ʑʲo̞ː]

Noun

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

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

Suffix

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

1. place, arena, course

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Korean

Hanja

場 (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

場 (trường, tràng)