场馆
chǎng guǎn · HSK 6
venue
🏟️ 场 = field/venue + 馆 = hall/building → big hall for sports
场 means an open area or field (think 操场 playground, 广场 plaza); 馆 means a large building or hall (图书馆 library, 餐馆 restaurant). Together: a building-sized venue where events happen.
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.