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Bushu (Radical) Info: 土 (つち) – earth

Henshall Mnemonic: place where sun shines down on ground

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #52 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 工場   [こうじょう]
  (n) factory; plant; mill; workshop   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 工場   [こうば]
  (n) factory; plant; mill; workshop   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 場合   [ばあい]
  (n-adv,n) case; situation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 場所   [ばしょ]
  (n) place; location   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 飛行場   [ひこうじょう]
  (n) airport   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会場   [かいじょう]
  (n) assembly hall; meeting place; the grounds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 駐車場   [ちゅうしゃじょう]
  (n) parking lot; parking place   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 売り場   [うりば]
  (adj-no,n) place where things are sold; sales floor; counter (in shop)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 場   [ば]
  (n) place; field (physics)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 場面   [ばめん]
  (n) scene; setting (e.g. of novel)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 劇場   [げきじょう]
  (n) theatre; playhouse   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入場   [にゅうじょう]
  (n) entrance; admission; entering   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 現場   [げんば]
  (n) actual spot; scene; scene of the crime   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 出場   [しゅつじょう]
  (n) (stage) appearance; participation; performance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 市場   [いちば]
  (n) (1) (town) market; (2) (the) marketplace   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 立場   [たちば]
  (n) standpoint; position; situation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 職場   [しょくば]
  (n) one's post; place of work; workplace   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 酒場   [さかば]
  (n) bar; bar-room   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 登場   [とうじょう]
  (n,vs) (1) entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); (2) entrance; introduction (into a market)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 広場   [ひろば]
  (n) plaza   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 牧場   [ぼくじょう]
  (n) (1) farm (livestock); (2) pasture land; meadow; grazing land   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 道場   [どうじょう]
  (n) (arch) dojo; hall used for martial arts training; mandala   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 満場   [まんじょう]
  (n-adv,n-t) unanimous; whole audience   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 本場   [ほんば]
  (n) home; habitat; center; best place; genuine   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 相場   [そうば]
  (n) market price; speculation; estimation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 市場調査   [しじょうちょうさ]
  market research   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 冬場   [ふゆば]
  (n) the winter season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 球場   [きゅうじょう]
  (n) baseball stadium   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 足場   [あしば]
  (n) scaffold; footing; foothold   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 夏場   [なつば]
  (n) summertime   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 夏場所   [なつばしょ]
  (n) summer wrestling tournament   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 試験場   [しけんじょう]
  (n) examination hall (room); laboratory   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 春場所   [はるばしょ]
  (n) the spring sumo tournament   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 留置場   [りゅうちじょう]
  (n) police cell; place of detention   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議場   [ぎじょう]
  (n) assembly hall; the House   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 斎場   [さいじょう]
  (n) funeral hall   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 漁場   [ぎょじょう]
  (n) fishing grounds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 波止場   [はとば]
  (n) wharf; quay; landing-stage; jetty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 場違い   [ばちがい]
  (adj-na,exp,n) out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 場外   [じょうがい]
  (n) outside the hall or stadium; off the premises   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 居場所   [いばしょ]
  (n) whereabouts   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見せ場   [みせば]
  (n) highlight scene (of play)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 魚市場   [うおいちば]
  (n) fish market   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 場内   [じょうない]
  (n) on the grounds   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 海水浴場   [かいすいよくじょう]
  seawater baths   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 踊り場   [おどりば]
  (n) dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 風呂場   [ふろば]
  (n) bathroom   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 町役場   [まちやくば]
  (n) town hall   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕事場   [しごとば]
  (n) place where one works; construction site; working area   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 土壇場   [どたんば]
  (n) scaffold; last moment; eleventh hour   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 場 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.