褥
cushion, mattress, bedding
Readings
On'yomi
- ジョク
Kun'yomi
- しとね
Meaning
褥 centers on soft, padded items for resting or sleeping: a cushion, mattress, or bedding that provides comfort and support.
Most common words using 褥
- 褥しとね
cushion; pillow; mattress
- 産褥さんじょく
puerperium; postpartum period; postnatal period
- 印褥いんじょく
pad placed under sheet before using a seal (to make imprint clearer)
- 就褥しゅうじょく
going to bed; retiring
- 産褥婦さんじょくふ
woman who has recently given birth
- 産褥期さんじょくき
postpartum period; postnatal period; puerperal period; puerperium
- 産褥熱さんじょくねつ
puerperal fever
- 産褥麻痺さんじょくまひ
milk fever; parturient paresis; postparturient hypocalcemia
- 臥褥がじょく
retiring to bed (esp. due to illness)
- 褥傷じょくしょう
bedsore
- 褥婦じょくふ
puerpera; woman who has recently given birth
- 褥瘡じょくそう
bedsore; pressure ulcer; pressure sore; pressure injury
- 褥草じょくそう
straw or hay (laid out in barns for livestock)
Study
Etymology
褥 combines 衤 (clothing) with 辱, which likely contributes the sound. The character suggests cloth items used for lying down, such as bedding or cushions.
Meaning mnemonic
The clothing radical 衤 beside 辱 suggests cloth items you rest on. Picture a soft, padded mattress made of layered fabric: 褥 is your bedding.
Reading mnemonic
For ジョク, imagine a joke cushion that makes a funny sound when you sit: joke -> ジョク, and the cushion is part of your bedding.