JLPT N4 · 12 strokes
Kanji 場: "location, place"
The kanji 場 means "location, place". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ジョウ, チョウ in on'yomi and ば in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウチョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ば
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | location, place |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 52 of 2,501 |
Common words with 場
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 場所place; location; spot; position · room; space
- 場合case; occasion; situation; circumstances
- 場place; spot; space · field; discipline; sphere; realm
- その場cet endroit, le lieu, l'occasion · sur-le-champ, aussitôt
- 立場position; situation · viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
- 現場actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.) · (on) site; (on) the ground; (in) the field; job site
- 会場assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site
- 登場entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.) · appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence; introduction
- 居場所endroit où l'on est, localisation · place (où l'on se sent à sa place)
- 場面scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario · scene (in a movie, play); shot
- 戦場battlefield; battleground
- 広場public square; square; plaza; piazza · open space; clearing
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