場
chángchǎng HSK2

open space

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approved by Peter Olson · Apr 24, 2021, 03:26 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Apr 24, 2021, 03:26 PM

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

Components

土
土 Meaning component
昜
昜 Sound component

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)