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床 (chuáng) — bed

Definition

noun
bed
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 床。
    Zhè zhāng chuáng hěn dà.
    This bed is very big.
  • 床。
    Wǒ zài chuáng shàng shuì jiào.
    I sleep on the bed.
  • 床。
    Tā de chuáng hěn gān jìng.
    His bed is very clean.

Origin

Compound ideograph
六书liùshū
会意huìyì

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The 床 shape combines 广, a house, and 木, tree, to show a wooden bed inside a house.

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