# 牀

| 牀 | U+7240, &#29248; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7240 |
| ← 爿 [U+723F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 牁 → [U+7241] |

## Translingual
### Han character

牀 (Kangxi radical 90, 爿+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女一木 (VMD), four-corner 2429$_0$, composition ⿰爿木)

#### Derived characters

* 𦝆, 𤷲, 𩃕, 𡞓, 𦝍

#### Related characters

* 床 (Modern form in Chinese and Japanese)

### Further reading

Wikisource
* Kangxi Dictionary: page 691, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19763
* Dae Jaweon: page 1104, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2374, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7240

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 牀 :
| Shang | Shang | Warring States | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 臧 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 牂 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 戕 | *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ |
| 贓 | *ʔsaːŋ |
| 藏 | *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs |
| 奘 | *zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs |
| 臟 | *zaːŋs |
| 將 | *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs |
| 漿 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 鱂 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 蔣 | *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 螿 | *ʔsaŋ |
| 槳 | *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 獎 | *ʔsaŋʔ |
| 醬 | *ʔsaŋs |
| 鏘 | *sʰaŋ |
| 蹡 | *sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs |
| 嶈 | *sʰaŋ |
| 斨 | *sʰaŋ |
| 爿 | *braːn, *zaŋ |
| 牆 | *zaŋ |
| 妝 | *ʔsraŋ |
| 莊 | *ʔsraŋ |
| 裝 | *ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs |
| 壯 | *ʔsraŋs |
| 疒 | *rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ |
| 床 | *zraŋ |
| 牀 | *zraŋ |
| 狀 | *zraŋs |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zraŋ) : phonetic 爿 (OC *braːn, *zaŋ, “bed”) + semantic 木 (“wood”).

### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 牀 – see 床 (“bed; couch; framework; chassis; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 床).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01203-001

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kan’yō-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: ゆか (yuka, 牀)

#### Compounds

* 牀(しょう)几(ぎ) (shōgi)
* 牀(しょう)榻(とう) (shōtō)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 牀 – see the following entry. :
| 【床しょう】S | [noun] sickbed [counter] beds |
(This term, 牀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Alternative forms

* 床 (상 (sang))

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 牀 (MC dzrjang). Recorded as Middle Korean 사ᇰ (sang) (Yale: sang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 牀 (eumhun 평상 상 (pyeongsang sang))
* hanja form of 상 (“bed”)

#### Compounds

* 병상 (病牀, byeongsang)
* 삼계상 (三界牀, samgyesang)
* 상궤 (牀几, sanggwe)
* 상슬 (牀蝨, sangseul)
* 상탑 (牀榻, sangtap)
* 석상 (石牀, seoksang)
* 용평상/룡평상 (龍平牀, yongpyeongsang/ryongpyeongsang)
* 접침상 (摺寢牀, jeopchimsang)
* 침상 (寢牀, chimsang)
* 평상 (平牀, pyeongsang)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

牀: Hán Việt readings: sàng (仕(sĩ)莊(trang)切(thiết)), giường, giầng
牀: Nôm readings: giường, sàng, giàng, giầng
* chữ Hán form of sàng (“winnowing basket”).
* Nôm form of giường (“bed”).

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 3 4 5 Bonet (1899).
* 1 2 3 4 Génibrel (1898).
* ↑ Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).