Onyomi: ジョウ, チョウ · Kunyomi: ば · Meanings: location, place
Kanji for location, place
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The kanji 場 combines the “earth/soil” radical (土) with a component meaning “place,” symbolizing an area of land designated for a specific purpose. In ancient times, it represented a location for activities such as markets, gatherings, or work. 場 came to mean place, location, or field, capturing space, function, and purpose.
A piece of land — 場 means place, location, or field.
Imagine an open area where people gather or work — that’s 場, the kanji for place or location.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 場 | ば | place, spot, space | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 場 | じょう | place, spot, grounds, arena, stadium, range, course | Noun, used as a suffix, Noun |
| 場所 | ばしょ | place, location, spot, position, area | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 場合 | ばあい | case, occasion, situation, circumstances | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 場面 | ばめん | scene, setting, place (where something happens), scenario, case | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 場内 | じょうない | in-house, (on) the grounds, (in) the premises, hall, theatre, theater | common Noun |
| 場外 | じょうがい | outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.), off the grounds, off the premises, off-track | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 場違い | ばちがい | out-of-place, inappropriate, sticking out like a sore thumb | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 場末 | ばすえ | outskirts (of a town), run-down district | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 場当たり | ばあたり | playing to the gallery, grandstanding, gag, claptrap | Noun |