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Chinese symbol for “hammock”

吊床
diào chuáng
hammock

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hammock is 吊床 (diào chuáng), defined as: hammock.

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Characters and stroke order

吊 diào
to condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
床 chuáng
bed, couch; framework, chassis
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吊床.

WordPinyinMeaning
吊销 (吊銷)diào xiāoto suspend (an agreement); to revoke
上吊shàng diàoto hang oneself
吊死diào sǐdeath by hanging; to hang oneself
吊唁diào yànto offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole
提心吊胆 (提心吊膽)tí xīn diào dǎn(idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
临床 (臨床)lín chuáng(medicine) clinical
起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up
上床shàng chuángto go to bed; (coll.) to have sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “hammock”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.