床
chuáng · HSK 1
bed
🛏️ 床 = 广 (roof/shelter) + 木 (wood) — a wooden frame under a roof
The radical 广 means a shelter or roofed structure, and 木 is wood. Together 床 evokes a wooden platform kept indoors — historically a bed or couch. Tone is chuáng (rising), same as 窗 (window).
床 — 广 (shelter) + 木 (wood)
床 combines 广 (a roof or shelter) with 木 (wood), depicting a wooden piece of furniture kept indoors. Originally it referred to a low wooden platform or couch used for sitting and sleeping. Over time the meaning narrowed mainly to 'bed,' though it still appears in compounds for table-like stands.