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刑场 (xíng chǎng) — execution ground

Definition

noun
execution ground
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 刑场。
    Tā bèi yā wǎng xíng chǎng zhí xíng sǐ xíng.
    He was taken to the execution ground to be executed.
  • 刑场。
    Zhè ge xíng chǎng wèi yú chéng wài de yí piàn huāng dì shàng.
    This execution ground is located on a piece of wasteland outside the city.
  • 刑场。
    Lì shǐ shàng zhè lǐ céng shì zhù míng de xíng chǎng.
    Historically, this place was a famous execution ground.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

刑xíngpunishment
场chǎngplace

刑 (punishment) and 场 (place) combine to mean an execution ground.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
井
井jǐng刑xíng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

刑 puts 刀 (knife) beside 井. The knife part shows the punishment idea, and 井 gives the sound.

Open 刑 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →
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