Meaning & readings
bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
Origin
This character combines a roof or shelter radical (the element at the top left that suggests a structure or enclosed space) with wood below it. Together, these components represent something made of wood that exists within or as part of a building structure. This naturally describes both a bed—a wooden platform for sleeping—and a floor, which is a wooden or constructed surface you stand on inside a house. The character's meaning expanded to include related concepts like padding (what you might put on a bed) and tatami (the woven floor covering in traditional Japanese rooms).
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 广
- 木
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 7
- Kangxi radical
- 53
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1175 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+05E8A