床
bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Vocabulary
ショウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 温床 | オンショウ | hotbed; breeding ground |
| 起床 | キショウ | rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed |
| 病床 | ビョウショウ | sickbed; (hospital) bed |
| 臨床 | リンショウ | clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial) |
| 鉱床 | コウショウ | mineral deposit; ore deposit |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡床 | あぐら | sitting cross-legged |
| 床 | とこ | bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor |
| 床 | ゆか | floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river |
| 床の間 | とこのま | tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed |
| 床屋 | とこや | barbershop; barber shop; barber |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
交
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Grade 2JLPT 3
末
end, close, tip, powder, posterity
Grade 4JLPT 3
衣
garment, clothes, dressing
Grade 4JLPT 2
未
un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
Grade 4JLPT 3
米
rice, USA, metre
Grade 2JLPT 3
来
come, due, next, cause, become
Grade 2JLPT 5
朱
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
Grade 8JLPT 1
珠
pearl, gem, jewel
Grade 8JLPT 1
旅
trip, travel
Grade 3JLPT 4
度
degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Grade 3JLPT 4