终场
zhōng​chǎng

end

终 zhōng end Simplified

Simplified form of 終. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 冬 represents the sound.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

冬
冬 SoundIconic component
dōng winter

Depicts a rope with knots at both ends

說文解字

龜名。从龜夂聲。夂，古文終字。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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

終 zhōng end Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 冬 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

冬
冬 SoundIconic component
dōng winter

Depicts a rope with knots at both ends

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyuwngtuŋ end

說文解字

《說文》：“終，絿絲也。从糸，冬聲。，古文終。”

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)

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)