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The Chinese word 床 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
chuáng 1. bed; couch
2. framework; chassis
     車床 - lathe
     牙床 - gingiva
3. (Teochew, Leizhou Min, Hainanese, Puxian Min, Zhongshan Min) table
4. (obsolete) rails of the well
5. bottom; bed
     河床 - riverbed
     岩床 - sill
      棉被 - one cotton-wadded quilt

床 ⇨ 广 + 木
Component Pinyin Meanings
广 1. dotted cliff
2. Simplified form of 廣
3. Variant of 庵
1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms:
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
      桌子 。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
      手指 。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.