漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
床: bed, counter for beds
Also: floor, padding, tatami
JLPT N27 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
广 carries the meaning · 木 is drawn in
7 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ショウshou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 臨床医りんしょういclinician
- 温床おんしょうhotbed, breeding ground
- 病床びょうしょうsickbed
- 起床するきしょうするget up, get out of bed
とこtoko · kun'yomi · on its own
- 床とこbed
- 床屋とこやbarber
- 床の間とこのまalcove
- 寝床ねどこbed
ゆかyuka · kun'yomi
- 床ゆかfloor
- 床下ゆかしたunder the floor
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side床 bed · 广
vs板 plank · 反In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chuáng
Same form: 床 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 床 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 床 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chuáng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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