床板
Chinese
bed; couch; (a measure word) | board; plank; plate board; plank; plate; slab | ||
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trad. (床板/牀板) | 床/牀 | 板 | |
simp. (床板) | 床 | 板 | |
anagram | 板床 |
Pronunciation
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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床 | 板 |
ゆか Grade: S |
いた Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 床 (yuka, “floor”) + 板 (ita, “board”).[1][2][3][4][5][6] First cited to 1758.[1]
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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床 | 板 |
とこ Grade: S |
いた Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 床 (toko, “raised area”, short for 床の間 (toko no ma), a kind of raised alcove in a larger room) + 板 (ita, “board”).[1][2][3][4][5] First cited to 1638.[1]
Noun
床板 • (tokoita)
- [from 1638] floorboard, wooden flooring (limited to just the flooring of a 床の間 (toko no ma) alcove)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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床 | 板 |
しょう Grade: S |
ばん Grade: 3 |
kan’yōon |
Possibly from written Chinese 床板 (chuángbǎn, literally “bed + board”). However, given the difference in meaning and the late appearance of the Japanese term (first cited in 1928[1]), the Japanese term is perhaps more likely a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 床 (shō, “floor”) + 板 (ban, “board”).
Usage notes
As an on'yomi term, this appears to be used in more restricted technical contexts than yukaita.
Homophonous with, and occasionally conflated with, 床版 (shōban, “deck (as of a bridge); floor slab (uncommon synonym of スラブ (surabu))”). Some sources even list this as an alternative spelling of 床板 (shōban, “floorboard”),[5] but usage observed online suggests that these are more commonly treated as separate terms.
References
- “床板”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “床板”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN