Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

52 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: location, place

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ジョウ チョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

する(にゅうじょうする)   enter

する(しゅつじょうする)   participate (game)

(かいじょう)   assembly hall, meeting place

(しきじょう)   ceremonial hall

(こうじょう)   factory

(しじょう)   market (business)

試験(しけんじょう)   examination room, laboratory

野球(やきゅうじょう)   baseball field

所(ばしょ)   location

面(ばめん)   scene

合(ばあい)   case

(たちば)   standpoint

Onyomi Examples

ジョウ place, spot, grounds, arena, stadium, range, course

ジョウガイ outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.), off the grounds, off the premises, off-track

サイジョウ funeral hall, ceremony site

カイジョウ opening (the doors of a venue), inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)

Kunyomi Examples

place, spot, space, field, discipline, sphere, realm, occasion, situation, scene (of a play, movie, etc.), session (of the stock market), field, table, area in which cards are laid out (in a card game), round (east, south, etc.), field, field

ばあい case, situation

きば lumberyard

ぎょじょう fishing grounds, permitted fishing zone