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Place E.G Location Spot Market Space Situation Hall

Kanji
Onyomi ジョウ、チョウ
Kunyomi
English location, place
Examples 工場(こうじょう): factory; plant; mill; workshop
牧場(まきば): (1) farm (livestock); ranch (US); station (Aus, NZ) (2) pasture land; meadow; grazing land
現場(げんば): actual spot; scene; scene of the crime
市場(いちば): (1) (town) market (2) (the) marketplace
場所(ばしょ): (1) place; location; spot; position (2) room; space (3) basho (sumo wrestling tournament)
立場(たちば): standpoint; position; situation
会場(かいじょう): assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
劇場(げきじょう): theatre; theater; playhouse
出場(しゅつじょう): (1) (stage) appearance; performance (2) participation (e.g. in a tournament)
場面(ばめん): scene; setting (e.g. of novel)
職場(しょくば): one's post; place of work; workplace
相場(そうば): (1) market price (2) speculation (e.g. on stocks) (3) reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem
入場(にゅうじょう): entrance; admission; entering
広場(ひろば): plaza; (public) square; piazza; forum; open space
駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう): parking lot; parking place
登場(とうじょう): (1) entry (on stage); appearance (on screen) (2) entrance; introduction (into a market)
売り場(うりば): place where things are sold; point of sale; POS; sales floor; counter (in shop)
場合(ばあい): case; situation
農場(のうじょう): farm (agriculture)
本場(ほんば): (1) home; habitat; center; centre; best place (2) authentic; genuine
飛行場(ひこうじょう): airfield; airport
道場(どうじょう): (1) dojo (hall used for martial arts training) (2) manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
役場(やくば): town hall
式場(しきじょう): ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
酒場(さかば): bar; bar-room
満場(まんじょう): unanimous; whole audience
市場(しじょう): (the) market (as a concept)
場(ば): (1) place; spot; space (2) field; discipline; sphere; realm (3) occasion; situation (4) scene (of a play, movie, etc.) (5) session (of the stock market) (6) area in which cards are laid out (in a card game) (7) field (8) field (gestalt psychology)
来場(らいじょう): attendance
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 52
Components 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey
昜: open; sun
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 32
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading つち・つちへん・どへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword location
Koohii Story 1 You´re looking for a good location to bury your piggy bank savings. It has to be in some soft soil that´s easy to dig up, well hidden, and easy to remember like this kanji.
Koohii Story 2 Don´t confuse with place (#1127). Think of location not as a single fixed spot, but as the act of locating. You´ve buried your piggy bank in the dirt in your backyard, but you can´t remember where. You frantically dig everywhere in a process of location to find your piggy bank.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq1-250

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