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Chinese symbol for “mattress”

床垫
chuáng diàn
Traditional: 床墊
mattress; 张 (zhāng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mattress is 床垫 (chuáng diàn), defined as: mattress; 张 (zhāng).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

床 chuáng
bed, couch; framework, chassis
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes
垫 diàn
cushion, mat, pad; to advance money, to pay for another
radical 32 ⼟ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “mattress”

WordPinyinMeaning
茵yīnmattress
褥rùmattress
垫被 (墊被)diàn bèimattress

Related words

Other words that share a character with 床垫.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
床单 (床單)chuáng dānbed sheet; 条 (tiáo),件 (jiàn),张 (zhāng),床 (chuáng)
机床 (機床)jī chuángmachine tool; a lathe
病床bìng chuánghospital bed; sickbed
垫底 (墊底)diàn dǐto put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime
铺垫 (鋪墊)pū diànto spread out bedding; bedcover

See also: Japanese symbol for “mattress”.

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.

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