床

See also: 牀

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

1. bed, couch
2. framework, chassis

See also

• 麻 凩

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9242
• Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 873, character 20
• Unihan data for U+5E8A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

床 (Yale chong4)

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Japanese

Kanji

床

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
• Kun: ゆか (yuka), とこ (toko), ゆかしい (床しい, yukashii)

Etymology 1

Noun

1. The floor (the bottom surface of a room).
2. (deprecated template usage) (theater) A raised area of a stage where a presenter or musician sits.

Antonyms

• (deprecated template usage) 天井 (てんじょう, tenjō)

Coordinate terms

• (deprecated template usage) 壁 (かべ, kabe)

Etymology 2

Shared origin with 所 (ところ, tokoro), "place".

Noun

1. A raised platform roughly 30cm tall used in dirt-floored rooms as a seat.
2. A raised area on which to sleep: a bed.
3. The floor.
4. Tatami mats.
5. The seat of an oxcart.
6. Short for 床間 / 床の間 (toko no ma): An alcove with a raised floor along one wall of a traditional Japanese living room.
7. An alcove with a raised floor used as a study: see 付書院 (tsukeshoin).
8. A box seat, such as at a parade, theater, or stadium.
9. Short for 床店 (tokomise): A stall with a raised floor used as a store.
10. Short for 床屋 (tokoya): A barbershop, from how such shops were historically often tokomise.
11. Short for 床船梁 (tokofunabari), 舵床 (kajidoko): The large wooden beam at the very aft of a traditional wood-hulled Japanese ship, upon which the rudder is seated.
12. The heel of a plough; the part of the bottom of a plough that touches the ground and guides the ploughshare.
13. Short for 苗床 (naedoko): A seedbed.
14. Short for 鉄床 (kanatoko): An anvil.

Etymology 3

Counter

1. beds

Alternative forms

• 牀

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Korean

Hanja

床 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

床 (Pinyin chuáng (chuang2), Wade-Giles ch'uang²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

床 (*jrhiɑng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 床 (sàng, giàn, giường, sường, giàng, rương)

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