TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
場
場 ＝ 土 ＋ 昜
ㄔㄤˇ · chǎng/cháng
noun — open ground, a place; (cháng) measure for happenings
字源 FORM — what the parts do
昜聲yáng — gives the sound
ITyáng → chǎng — the scattered 昜 family: 湯 tāng、陽 yáng、腸 cháng
Leveled earth (土) — the ground where the harvest is threshed and dried. 昜 yáng gives a sound long since scattered (湯、陽、腸). The bare ground becomes any cleared place (廣場、市場、操場); read cháng, it counts what happens on one — 一場雨、一場夢.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
曬穀的土場（土）掃得乾乾淨淨，稻穀攤開——一片金黃。
The earthen ground (土) swept clean, the grain spread out to dry — one sheet of gold.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
chǎng
(引申)場所（市場、廣場、操場）— a place, a ground常用
cháng
(本義)打穀場、曬場— threshing and drying ground
→一場雨、一場夢— measure for happenings常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension