床(chuáng): bed

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 牀

bed

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Character informationHSK 1

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: 牀

Origin & structureWhere 床 comes from

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.

Words with 床

qǐ起chuáng床

HSK 1

to get out of bed; to get up

chuáng床wèi位

HSK 7-9

bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc)

bìng病chuáng床

HSK 7-9

hospital bed; sickbed

lín临chuáng床

HSK 7-9

(medicine) clinical

shàng上chuáng床

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

bào刨chuáng床

planer; planing machine

jiào叫chuáng床

to cry out in ecstasy (during lovemaking)

diào吊chuáng床

hammock

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