捧场
pěng chǎng · HSK 7
to root for sb
👏🎭 捧 hold-up-in-both-hands + 场 the venue/show = lift up someone's performance with applause
捧 — hand radical 扌 + 奉 fèng (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 gives the meaning of holding, while 奉 (fèng, 'to offer with both hands') supplies the sound and reinforces the sense. Together they depict cupping or carrying something respectfully in both hands, hence 'to hold up' or 'cup in the palms.'
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.