帳台

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 帳台 – see 帳檯 (“a table used to record bills; the part of a business unit where accounting occurs”).
(This term is a variant form of 帳檯).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
帳 台
ちょう
Grade: 3 		だい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
帳臺 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 帳 (chō, “curtain”) +‎ 台 (dai, “bed”).

Noun

帳(ちょう)台(だい) • (chōdai) 

  1. (architecture, furniture) a baldachin; a canopy bed; a curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style shinden zukuri (寝殿造) residences of the aristocracy in the Heian period. Its origins are believed to date back to the 5th century. Often prefixed with the honorific mi (御 (michoudai 御帳台)), and sometimes abbreviated to michou (御帳). The base was a low lacquered platform about 2m x 2m in area and 39cm high called a hamayuka (浜床).

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