Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Floor

Alternative

Bed

Mnemonic

Under the canopy, you use a tree for your floor. It also becomes your bed, because hey, what is a floor but the original bed?

Readings

On’yomi

しょう

Kun’yomi

ゆか, とこ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

News of your amazing floor / bed spreads and reaches the Shougun (しょう), who wants to come see it. He's impressed, and asks you to build floor beds out of trees lying under this canopy in all of his buildings.

Visually Similar Kanji

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