The kanji 床: meaning, readings and stroke order

床

Meaning: floor, bed
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: とこ toko、ゆか yuka
Strokes: 7
Radical: 广 house on cliff
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sàn nhà, giường (sàng)
Japanese: ゆか。ねどこ。
Korean: 마루, 잠자리 (상)
Chinese: 地板、床

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

起き床しょう
getting up (from bed)
六時に 起き床しょうします。
I get up at six.

とこ toko · kun reading · less common

床とこの間ま
tokonoma (alcove for display in a Japanese room)
床の間とこのまに花をかざります。
We put flowers in the tokonoma.

ゆか yuka · kun reading

床ゆか
floor
教室の 床ゆかをふきます。
We wipe the classroom floor.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.