床 – bed, counter for beds, floor

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1175 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 床 means bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショウ (shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とこ、ゆか (toko, yuka). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	とこ	toko
Kun’yomi	ゆか	yuka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 木・广.

Words using 床

床屋とこやbarbershop床ゆかfloor起床きしょうrising (from one's bed)床の間とこのまtokonoma

Example sentences

おや、床屋へ行ってきたのだね。

Oh, you've been to the barbershop.

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床の上に何がありますか。

Is there anything on the floor?

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６時起床、７時家を出る。

Got up at six, and left home at seven.

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Kanji with the same radical

度府広店座廃康庁庭庫底序庶廊庇

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