床
Let’s learn Japanese kanji 床!
今回の漢字は『床』ですよ！
床 - ゆか a floor; a flooring surface
床上 - ゆかうえ on a floor, above floor level
床下 - ゆかした under the floor
床 - とこ bed, bedding; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor
床の間 - とこのま alcove; a tokonoma
温床 - おんしょう hotbed, a breeding ground (e.g. for infection)
病床 - びょうしょう a sickbed
起床 (する) - きしょう（する） rising, getting out of bed
臨床 - りんしょう clinical (e.g. pathology 病理学 , physiology 生理学)
臨床心理士 - りんしょうしんりし a clinical psychologist
臨床実験 - りんしょうじっけん a clinical trial
P.S. In the past a futon 布団 on a tatami floor was a common way to sleep. Nowadays most Japanese sleep in a regular ベッド, beddo, as it’s more comfortable to get in and out and easier to maintain, allowing for the mattress to be properly ventilated (especially during humid Japanese summers)! You can still experience sleeping in a futon on a tatami in ryokan 旅館, the traditional inns
Do you know the kanji for the tatami mat?
