• 会場かいじょう — event venue
• 場所ばしょ — place / location
• 市場いちば — market
• 株式市場かぶしきしじょう — stock market
• 工場こうじょう — factory
• 職場しょくば — workplace

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場 combines the 土 (earth) radical with the phonetic component 昜, which suggests openness or rising sunlight. Together, it points to an open, leveled “place” — a setting where events happen.

In modern Japanese, 場 is used constantly for venues, workplaces, markets, and social “situations,” making it one of the most practical kanji for daily reading.