场馆
chǎng​guǎn HSK6

venue

场 chǎng, cháng open space Simplified

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
𠃓
𠃓 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

馆 guǎn public building Simplified

Simplified form of 館. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 官 represents the sound.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

官
官 Sound component
guān official

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

場 chǎng, cháng open space Traditional

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjang[l]raŋ arena

說文解字

《說文》：“場，祭神道也；一曰田不耕；一曰治穀田也。从土，昜聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

館 guǎn public building Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 官 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

官
官 Sound component
guān official

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwanH[k]ˤo[n]ʔ-s lodging-house

說文解字

《說文》：“館，客舍也。从食，官聲。《周禮》：‘五十里有市，市有館，館有積，以待朝聘之客。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)