床
床 — Bed
bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomiとこ (toko)
Kun’yomiゆか (yuka)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 床
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 床 | とこ toko | bed; bedding; sickbed |
| 臨床 | りんしょう rinshou | clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial) |
| 温床 | おんしょう onshou | hotbed; breeding ground |
| 病床 | びょうしょう byoushou | sickbed; (hospital) bed |
| 床下 | ゆかした yukashita | under the floor |
| 起床 | きしょう kishou | rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed |
Study notes
床 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1175 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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