床(chuáng)

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 牀

bed

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Character information

Pinyin
chuáng
Meaning
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:张); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
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Origin & structure

Where 床 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸广木

A house 广 made out of wood 木; 广 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

广guǎng木mù

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 床 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 床

Common words using 床 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chuáng床wèi位
HSK 7-9

bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc)

Open 床位 page →
bìng病chuáng床
HSK 7-9

hospital bed; sickbed

Open 病床 page →
shàng上chuáng床

to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex

Open 上床 page →
bào刨chuáng床

planer; planing machine

Open 刨床 page →
jiào叫chuáng床

to cry out in ecstasy (during lovemaking)

Open 叫床 page →
diào吊chuáng床

hammock

Open 吊床 page →
tóng同chuáng床yì异mèng梦

lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with diff…

Open 同床异梦 page →
dān单rén人chuáng床

single bed

Open 单人床 page →

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一七三上下不东两

From 床’s common words

位病上刨叫吊同异

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