場 — place, location, scene
ば
場
place
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
12 strokes
business
U+5834
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #52
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #545
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- place
- location
- scene
word
は ・ば ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
しょう ・じょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 土 (earth) gives the meaning. The right side with 日 provides the phonetic jō. A place or location.