眠

See also 眼

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. close eyes, sleep
2. hibernate

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

眠 (Yale min4)

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Japanese

Kanji

眠 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: みん (min), べん (ben)
• Kun: ねむる (nemuru), ねむり (nemuri)

Derived terms

• 眠い (ねむい, nemui)
• 居眠り (いねむり, inemuri)
• 睡眠 (すいみん, suimin)

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Korean

Hanja

眠 (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

眠 (pinyin mián (mian2), Wade-Giles mien²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

眠 (miên)