JLPT N2 · 7 strokes
Kanji 床: "bed, counter for beds, floor"
The kanji 床 means "bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ショウ in on'yomi and とこ, ゆか in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
とこゆか
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1175 of 2,501 |
Common words with 床
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 床floor · stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
- 寝床bed; berth; crib; cot
- 起床rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
- 病床sickbed; (hospital) bed
- 床板floorboard
- 床下under the floor
- 床bed; bedding · sickbed
- 床の間tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
- 床屋barbershop; barber shop; barber
- 床几camp stool; folding stool
- 臨床clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial)
- 温床hotbed; breeding ground
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