漢字城 Kanji Fortress

場 place

Also: scene

On'yomi
ジョウ
Kun'yomi
ば
Strokes
12
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
場 is written in 12 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Sunlight rising over a patch of earth marks the open place where the scene unfolds.

A common word

  • 場所 ばしょ place

Example sentences

  • えきまえのちゅうしゃじょうはきょういっぱいです。

    The parking lot in front of the station is full today.

  • まちあわせのばしょをおしえてください。

    Please tell me where we're meeting.

Don't confuse it with

  • 揚 raise N2
  • 湯 hot Water N2

Kanji that share a part

土 is its radical. 62 kanji share it in all.

昜 is a component.

  • 陽 sunshine N3
  • 揚 raise N2
  • 湯 hot Water N2
  • 腸 intestine N2
  • 楊 willow N1
  • 瘍 ulcer N1
  • 暢 stretch N1