担たん架か

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

A portable bed for carrying injured or sick people. Used in medical, emergency, and military contexts.

たん

架か

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患かん

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運はこ

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The paramedics carried the patient on a stretcher.

病びょう院いんの廊ろう下かに担たん架かが置おいてあった。

A gurney was placed in the hospital corridor.

〈人ひと〉を担たん架かで運うんぶto carry someone on a stretcher
けが人にんを担たん架かで運うんだ。
They carried the injured person on a stretcher.
〈人ひと〉を担たん架かに乗のせるto put someone onto a stretcher
救きゅう急きゅう隊たい員いんはけが人にんを担たん架かに乗のせた。
The paramedics put the injured person onto a stretcher.
担たん架かを担かつぐto carry a stretcher on one's shoulders
二人ふたりで担たん架かを担かついで病びょう院いんまで走はしった。
The two of them carried the stretcher on their shoulders and ran to the hospital.

ストレッチャー
ストレッチャー is a loanword used mainly in medical/hospital settings, while 担架 is the native Japanese term used more broadly, including in emergency and military contexts.

短たん歌かN1
担架 (a stretcher) and 短歌 (a traditional 31-syllable poem) are pronounced identically as たんか but have completely unrelated meanings.
単たん価か
担架 (a stretcher) and 単価 (unit price) share the same reading たんか but refer to entirely different things, one medical and one commercial.

台だいN4
担架 is typically counted with 台, the counter used for equipment-like frames and portable devices.

担たん架かUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling; it is the primary form.
タンカ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is sometimes used in medical or emergency contexts, but the kanji form is more common.

Compound of 担 (たん, 'to carry on the shoulder') and 架 (か, 'rack' or 'frame'). The word refers to a frame used for carrying people.