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床

Floor
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingゆか、とこ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8Level 7

Meanings

  1. floor
    彼は転んで頭を床にぶつけた。He fell and hit his head on the floor.tatoeba
    彼は茶碗を床にたたきつけた。He dashed the cup on the floor.tatoeba
  2. bedRtKとこ ↓
  3. counter for beds
  4. padding
  5. tatami
  1. stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
  2. dining platform built across a river

Synonyms

床の間

Homonyms

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Same spelling, other readings
  • 床 とこ — bed

Popular Usage

起床

Radicals and components

Radical广dotted cliff
Components
How it's built
床
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cave · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 636

Compound words

起床きしょう
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
温床おんしょう
hotbed; breeding ground
床屋とこや
barbershop; barber shop; barber
床下ゆかした
under the floor
寝床ねどこ
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
病床びょうしょう
sickbed; (hospital) bed
苗床なえどこ
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
臨床りんしょう
clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial)
床の間とこのま
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
河床かしょう
riverbed
火床ひどこ
fire bed
花床かしょう
(flower's) receptacle
臥床がしょう
retiring to bed (esp. due to illness)
岩床がんしょう
bedrock
胡床あぐら
sitting cross-legged
鉱床こうしょう
mineral deposit
床机しょうぎ
camp stool
床几しょうぎ
camp stool
床榻しょうとう
bed
床虱とこじらみ
bed bug (Cimex lectularius)
川床かしょう
riverbed
蛇床子じゃしょうし
Cnidium monnieri fruit
奥床しいおくゆかしい
refined
起床喇叭きしょうらっぱ
reveille

Kun Reading Examples

彼は台所の床で意識を失って倒れているところを発見された。ゆか
He was found lying unconscious on the kitchen floor.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は病気でずっと床についたきりだ。
He has been confined to his bed with illness.tatoeba
彼は病気だったので、１日中床についていた。
He was ill, so he lay in bed all day long.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Floor; bed. 广 (roof) + 木 (wood) — a wooden platform under a roof.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 床

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