农场
nóngchǎng · HSK 7
farm
🚜🌾 农 (farming) + 场 (ground/site) = the place where farming happens: a farm
场 chǎng means an open ground or site (same 场 as in 广场 public square). Pin nóngchǎng to the open farming-ground it names. The listed glosses point at the farm sense; ranch is the closest English match.
场 — earth 土 + 昜 (bright/rising)
Originally a flat open ground used for sun-drying grain or for ritual offerings, hence 土 'earth' as the meaning component. 昜 supplies the sound and hints at an open, sunlit space. The meaning broadened to any open area or venue, and as cháng it still refers to a threshing floor or a session/spell of something.