■ radical

chǎng

field

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. The simplified character 场 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 場.

土

meaning

earth; dirt

昜

sound

open; expand; bright; glorious — 昜 also serves as a meaning component.

Through the ages

Traditional script

Cursive script

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