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A large kang shared by the guests of a one-room inn in a then-wild area east of Tonghua, Jilin, as seen by Henry E.M. James in 1887. The kang (Chinese: 炕; pinyin: kàng; Manchu: nahan, Kazakh: кән) is a traditional heated platform, 2 metres or more long, used for general living, working, entertaining and sleeping in the northern part of China, where the winter climate is cold.
Kang, the star Kappa Virginis; Kang bed-stove; K'ang jo fu or the kang, a self-defense technique; KANG-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US; KEUS-LD, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA; KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, US; Android Open Kang Project, a smartphone operating system
Japanese kamado was their adaptation of buttumak introduced from Korea. [8] [9] The word kamado also has its root in Korean word gama (가마), a synonym of buttumak.The word gama in modern Korean is usually used to refer to kilns, but the usage of the word meaning buttumak can be found in some compounds such as gamasot (literally gama cauldron) referring to the cauldron used on buttumak.
A kang bed-stove is a Chinese ceramic room heater used as the platform for a bed. A Charpai is a traditional Punjabi bed made of tied ropes bordered by a wooden frame. A mourning bed ("illustration") is a formal canopied bed, with the deceased, a wax effigy, or symbols of rank.
The dol bed, or stone bed, is a manufactured bed that has the same heating effect as ondol. The dol bed industry is estimated to be worth 100 billion South Korean won , comprising 30 to 40 percent of the entire bed industry in South Korea; dol beds are most popular with middle-aged people in their 40s and 50s.
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Charpai (also, Charpaya, Charpoy, Khat, Khatla, Manja, or Manji) [1] is a traditional woven bed used across South Asia. The name charpai is a compound of char "four" and pay "footed". Regional variations are found in Afghanistan and Pakistan, North and Central India, Bihar and Myanmar. [2] The charpai is a simple design that is easy to construct.
from khāṭ, खाट, a bed. Chowkat from chokath, چوکھٹ / चौखट, a door frame. Cummerbund ultimately from Persian via Hindi-Urdu कमरबन्द / کمربند, kamarband, – from kamar 'waist, loins' and -bandi 'band'. [5] [6] Cushy from Hindi-Urdu ख़ुशी / خوشی, k͟hushī, 'pleasure', from Persian خوش ...