登場
とうじょう · toujou · JLPT N2 · noun
entry
🎭 登 (climb up) + 場 (place) = climbing onto the stage place = entry
登 means climb or ascend, and 場 means place or venue. Together they describe a performer climbing up onto the stage area, which is an entry.
登 — 癶 (two feet ascending) + 豆 (ritual vessel)
Originally a pictograph showing two feet (癶) climbing up to present a ritual vessel (豆) on a raised platform. The core meaning was 'to ascend' or 'mount,' as when stepping up to make an offering. From this it broadened to 'rise, climb, record, publish.'