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眠

眠

See also: 眼

Translingual

Han character

眠 (radical 109 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山口女心 (BURVP), four-corner 67047, composition ⿰目民)

References

  • KangXi: page 805, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23240
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2483, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7720

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 眠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (民) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
眠 *miːn
民 *min
泯 *min, *minʔ
怋 *min, *mɯːn
岷 *mrin
珉 *mrin
罠 *mrin
笢 *mrin, *minʔ
鈱 *mrin
抿 *mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
刡 *minʔ
敃 *mrinʔ
愍 *mrinʔ
暋 *mrinʔ
蟁 *mɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *miːn) : semantic 目 ‎(“eye”) + phonetic 民 ‎(OC *min) – close your eyes and go to sleep.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 眠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫賢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /men/
Pan
Wuyun		 /men/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mɛn/
Li
Rong		 /men/
Wang
Li		 /mien/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /mien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mián
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眠
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 mián
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ men ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mˤi[n]/
English shut the eyes; sleep

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 眠
Reading # 1/1
No. 9129
Phonetic
component		 民
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 眠
Old
Chinese		 /*miːn/

Definitions

眠

  1. to sleep
  2. to hibernate

Compounds

  • 孤眠
  • 孤眠獨宿／孤眠独宿
  • 安眠 (ānmián)
  • 安眠藥／安眠药 (ānmiányào)
  • 成眠
  • 我醉欲眠
  • 抱虎而眠
  • 抵足而眠
  • 永眠 (yǒngmián)
  • 沉眠
  • 牛眠地
  • 眠川
  • 眠床 (miánchuáng)
  • 眠思夢想／眠思梦想
  • 眠琴綠陰／眠琴绿阴
  • 眠花宿柳
  • 眠花臥柳／眠花卧柳
  • 眠花醉柳
  • 眠輿／眠舆
  • 眠雲／眠云
  • 眠霜臥雪／眠霜卧雪
  • 眠鷗宿鷺／眠鸥宿鹭
  • 睡眠 (shuìmián)
  • 睡眠療法／睡眠疗法
  • 立盹行眠
  • 臥月眠霜／卧月眠霜
  • 臥雪眠霜／卧雪眠霜
  • 蠶眠／蚕眠
  • 行眠立盹
  • 貓鼠同眠／猫鼠同眠
  • 長眠／长眠
  • 高枕而眠

Japanese

Kanji

眠

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

眠 • ‎(myeon) (hangeul 면)

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Vietnamese

Han character

眠 (miên)

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