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Information about character(s)

Radical: 爿
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 床

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chuáng
Cantonese: cong4
JapaneseKun: YUKA
JapaneseOn: SOU SHOU
Korean: SANG
Vietnamese: giường

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: bed, couch; bench; chassis

CE-Dict: variant of 床[chuang2]

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《木部》牀安身之坐者。从木爿聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【爿字部】牀
【唐韻】【集韻】仕莊切【正韻】助莊切，𠀤狀平聲。【說文】安身之坐者。【廣韻】簀也。【釋名】人所坐臥曰牀。牀，裝也。所以自裝載也。【廣雅】棲謂之牀。【通俗文】八尺曰牀。【易·剝卦】剝牀以足。【註】牀者，人所以安也。　又井榦曰牀。【樂府·淮南王篇】後園鑿井銀作牀。　又【爾雅·釋草】盱虺牀。【註】蛇牀也。一名馬牀。　【廣韻】俗作床。

CF-Dict: Lit (mobilier)