Chinese Character Wiki

牀

chuáng

bed

Variant of 床.

Evolution

牀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
牀 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
牀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
牀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

牀  

chuáng

bed, couch; bench; chassis

床 (牀) 

chuáng

variant of 床[chuáng]

Most common words with 牀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

床

bed

临床

clinical

起床

to get up

床单

bed sheet

病床

sickbed

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k.dzraŋ

dzrjang

chuáng

bed


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 53.6601% of movies

705th most common character in movies

1068th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+7240

Shuowen

“牀，安身之坐者。从木，爿聲。”


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