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火场 (huǒ cháng) — scene of a fire

Definition

noun
scene of a fire
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 火场。
    Xiāo fáng yuán xùn sù gǎn dào huǒ cháng jìn xíng jiù yuán.
    The firefighters quickly arrived at the fire scene to carry out rescues.
  • 火场，。
    huǒ cháng Zhōu wéi lā qǐ le jǐng jiè xiàn, fáng zhǐ qún zhòng kào jìn.
    A cordon was set up around the fire scene to prevent people from getting close.
  • 火场。
    Tā zài huǒ cháng zhōng jiù chū le yì míng ér tóng.
    He rescued a child from the fire scene.

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.

火huǒfire
场chǎngplace

火 “fire” and 场 “place” combine to mean the scene or site of a fire.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

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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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