床
bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #893 U+5E8A
How 床 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A house 广 made out of wood 木; 广 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
bed · Heisig RSH #560
cave + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 床
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上下床 | shàng xià chuáng | bunk bed |
| 单人床 | dān rén chuáng | single bed; CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 起床气 | qǐ chuáng qì | grumpiness resulting from poor sleep; irritability in the morning |
| 大床间 | dà chuáng jiān | see 大床房[da4 chuang2 fang2] |
| 行军床 | xíng jūn chuáng | camp bed; bivouac |
| 沙发床 | shā fā chuáng | sofa bed; sleeper sofa |
| 双人床 | shuāng rén chuáng | double bed |
| 大床房 | dà chuáng fáng | hotel room with one double (or queen or king) bed |
| 起床号 | qǐ chuáng hào | reveille |
| 八角床 | bā jiǎo chuáng | traditional-style canopy bed |
| 水床 | shuǐ chuáng | waterbed; water mattress |
| 床头 | chuáng tóu | bedhead; bedside; headboard |
| 海床 | hǎi chuáng | seabed; seafloor; ocean floor |
| 机床 | jī chuáng | machine tool; a lathe; CL:張|张[zhang1] |
| 数控机床 | shù kòng jī chuáng | computer numerical control machine tool (CNC machine tool) |
| 花床 | huā chuáng | flower bed |
| 上床 | shàng chuáng | to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex |
| 车床 | chē chuáng | lathe |
| 临床医学 | lín chuáng yī xué | clinical medicine |
| 病床 | bìng chuáng | hospital bed; sickbed |