See also:
U+7720, 眠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7720

[U+771F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7721]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23240
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2483, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7720

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𥉦

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • mìng - vernacular;
  • mièng - literary.
Note:
  • bîn - vernacular;
  • biân - literary.
Note:
  • ming5 - literary (Chaozhou);
  • mêng5 - literary (Jieyang);
  • mung5 - vernacular.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter men
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/men/
Pan
Wuyun
/men/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mɛn/
Li
Rong
/men/
Wang
Li
/mien/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
min4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
mián
Middle
Chinese
‹ men ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁi[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
Reading # 1/1
No. 9129
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*miːn/

Definitions

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  1. to sleep
    橫掂 [Cantonese, trad.]
    横掂 [Cantonese, simp.]
    waang4 dim6 zung6 jau5 loeng5 go3 zung1 sin1 soeng5 dak1 gei1, zoi3 min4 zan6 tim1 dou1 m4 paa3. [Jyutping]
    Since there is still two hours before boarding anyway, there's no worry in napping a little more.
  2. to hibernate
  3. (archaic) to feign death
  4. (archaic or Hakka, Siyi Yue) to lie down
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

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  1. Only used in 眠娗.

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. sleep

Readings

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Derived terms

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Kanji in this term
みん
Grade: S
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みん) (min

  1. rest (of a silkworm before moulting)

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 잠잘 (jamjal myeon))

  1. hanja form? of (close eyes, sleep)
  2. hanja form? of (hibernate)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: miên

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