牧场
mù chǎng · HSK 7
pasture
🐄🌾 牧 herd + 场 field = a field where animals graze: a ranch
牧 mù means to herd or tend grazing animals; 场 chǎng is an open ground or field. Together they name the grazing ground itself: pasture or ranch.
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.