牀 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ベンチ状の寝台。
  2. 語義1状の木組みを張り渡し、地面から高くした家の一部、ゆか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「爿」。「寝台」を意味する漢語{牀}を表す字。もと「爿」が{牀}を表す字であったが、「木」を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bed, couch, bench, chassis

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウ
  • ソウ
Kun (native)
  • ゆか
Other languages
  • 拼音chuan2
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtSàng

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
爿(しょうへん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7240

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰爿木

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