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Kotomora

場

location, place

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 100Strokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジョウ
  • チョウ

Kun'yomi

  • ば

Meaning

場 centers on a defined space or setting where something happens: a physical location, a place, or a site for an activity.

Most common words using 場

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  • 場合ばあい
    N4

    case; occasion; situation; circumstances

  • 場所ばしょ
    N4

    place; location; spot; position; area

  • 場ば
    N3

    place; spot; space

  • 登場とうじょう
    N3

    entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.)

  • 現場げんば
    N3

    actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.)

  • 会場かいじょう
    N4

    assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds

  • 市場いちば
    N3

    (town) market; (street) market; marketplace

  • 市場しじょう
    N2

    market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange

  • 工場こうじょう
    N5

    factory; plant; mill; workshop

  • 立場たちば
    N3

    position; situation

  • 劇場げきじょう
    N3

    theatre; theater; playhouse

  • 職場しょくば
    N3

    one's post; place of work; workplace

  • 場面ばめん
    N3

    scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case

  • 出場しゅつじょう
    N3

    participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry; taking part (in); competing (in); appearance

  • 入場にゅうじょう
    N3

    entrance; entering; admission; admittance

  • 戦場せんじょう
    N1

    battlefield; battleground

  • 広場ひろば
    N3

    public square; square; plaza; piazza; forum

  • 馬場ばば

    riding ground; racecourse; racetrack

  • 上場じょうじょう

    listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking (a company) public

  • 相場そうば
    N1

    market price

  • 居場所いばしょ
    N2

    whereabouts; place; location

  • 牧場ぼくじょう
    N2

    farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; station

  • 農場のうじょう
    N1

    farm (agriculture)

  • 球場きゅうじょう

    baseball stadium; ballpark

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Etymology

場 combines 土 (earth, ground) with 昜, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of an open or spread-out area. Together they suggest a piece of ground used as a place or location.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is earth 土, and the right side 昜 looks like a sun 日 over a spread-out shape. Picture a sunny patch of ground that becomes a gathering place.

Reading mnemonic

For ジョウ, imagine a show being set up at a location: show -> ジョウ, and the place becomes a stage.