眠

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眠 U+7720, 眠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7720
← 真
[U+771F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眡 →
[U+7721]

Translingual

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Han character

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

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.
 眠
alternative forms 瞑
𥉦

Glyph origin

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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／形声, OC *miːn) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 民 (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 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
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 眠
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 眠
Reading # 1/1
No. 9129
Phonetic
component 		民
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		眠
Old
Chinese 		/*miːn/

Definitions

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眠

  1. to sleep
    橫掂仲有兩個鐘先上得機，再眠陣添都唔怕。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    横掂仲有两个钟先上得机，再眠阵添都唔怕。 [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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Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 睡覺, 睡, 歇覺
Taiwan 睡覺, 睡
Ulanhot 睡覺
Tongliao 睡覺
Chifeng 睡覺
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 睡覺
Malaysia 睡覺, 睡
Singapore 睡覺, 睡
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 睡覺
Jilu Mandarin Weifang (Weicheng) 睏覺
Weifang (Fangzi) 睏覺
Changle 睏覺
Shouguang 睏覺
Wulian 睏覺
Jinan 睡覺
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 睡覺, 睡
Weifang (Hanting) 睏覺
Changyi 睏覺
Gaomi 睏覺
Zhucheng 睏覺
Anqiu 睏覺
Linqu 睏覺
Qingzhou 睏覺
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 睡
Xi'an 睡覺, 睡
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 睡
Lanyin Mandarin Bayanhot 睡覺
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 睡瞌睡
Wuhan 睡瞌睡, 睡
Guiyang 睡瞌睡
Guilin 睡覺
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 睡覺, 睡
Yangzhou 睡覺, 上蘇州 slang
Nantong 睏
Hefei 睡覺
Cantonese Guangzhou 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記
Hong Kong 瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 瞓覺
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 瞓覺
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 睡目
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 瞓覺
Macau 瞓覺
Guangzhou (Panyu) 瞓覺
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 瞓
Guangzhou (Conghua) 瞓覺
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 瞓, 睡
Foshan 瞓覺
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 瞓覺
Foshan (Shunde) 瞓覺
Foshan (Sanshui) 瞓覺
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 瞓覺
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 瞇覺
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 瞓覺
Zhuhai (Doumen) 瞓覺
Jiangmen (Baisha) 瞓覺
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 瞓覺
Taishan 瞓覺, 瞓
Kaiping (Chikan) 瞓覺
Enping (Niujiang) 瞓覺
Heshan (Yayao) 瞓覺
Dongguan 瞓覺
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 瞓覺
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 瞓覺
Yangjiang 瞓覺, 瞓
Zhanjiang 瞓覺, 曬鋪
Nanning 睡覺
Hepu (Lianzhou) 睡覺
Hepu (Shatian) 睡覺, 瞓覺
Beihai 睡覺
Beihai (Nankang) 睡覺
Beihai (Yingpan) 睡覺
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 睡覺
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 瞓覺
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 睡覺
Danzhou 閉眼
Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) 閉眼
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 瞓覺
Singapore (Guangfu) 瞓覺, 瞓
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 瞓覺
Móng Cái 睡覺
Gan Nanchang 睏覺, 睏
Lichuan 睏覺, 睏
Pingxiang 睏覺, 睏
Hakka Meixian 睡目, 睡
Xingning 睡目
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huiyang 睡目, 睡
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 瞓覺
Huidong (Daling) 睡目
Dongguan (Qingxi) 睡目, 睡覺
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 睡目
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 瞓
Boluo (Bendihua) 瞓覺
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 睡目
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 睡目
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 睡目
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 睡目
Wuhua (Changbu) 睡目
Wuhua (Mianyang) 睡目
Heyuan (Bendihua) 瞓覺
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 瞓覺
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 瞓, 瞓覺
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 瞓覺
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 瞓覺
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 瞓覺
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 睡覺
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 睡覺
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 睡
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 睡覺
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 睡眼
Liannan 睡目
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 睡眼
Jiexi 睡目
Changting 睡目
Wuping 睡目
Wuping (Pingyu) 睡目
Liancheng 睡目
Ninghua 歇
Yudu 歇眼, 打席
Ruijin 歇眼
Shicheng 歇, 睡
Shangyou (Shexi) 歇覺
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 睡目
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 睡目
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 睡目
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 睡目, 睡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 睡目, 睡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 睡目, 睡
Hong Kong 睡目
Luchuan 睡覺
Sabah (Longchuan) 睡目
Senai (Huiyang) 睡目
Kuching (Hepo) 睡目
Singkawang 睡目
Singapore (Dabu) 睡目
Bangkok (Meixian) 睡目
Huizhou Jixi 睏覺, 睏
Shexian 睡
Huangshan (Tunxi) 睏
Xiuning 睏
Yixian 睏
Qimen 睏
Wuyuan 睏
Jin Taiyuan 睡覺, 睡
Taibus (Baochang) 睡覺
Linhe 睡覺
Jining 睡覺
Baotou 睡覺
Dongsheng 睡覺
Haibowan 睡覺
Northern Min Jian'ou 目䁒
Jian'ou (Dikou) 目䁒
Songxi 目䁒
Zhenghe 目䁒
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 眠䁒
Jianyang 目䁒
Wuyishan 目䁒
Pucheng (Shibei) 瞌眠
Eastern Min Fuzhou 睏, 睏眠
Fuzhou (Changle) 睏
Fuqing 睏
Yongtai 睏
Gutian 睏
Fu'an 睏
Ningde 睏
Shouning 睏
Zhouning 睏
Fuding 睏
Matsu 睏
Sitiawan (Gutian) 睏眠
Southern Min Xiamen 睏
Xiamen (Tong'an) 睏
Quanzhou 睏
Shishi 睏
Anxi 睏
Zhangzhou 睏
Pinghe 睏
Zhao'an 睏
Dongshan 睏
Taipei 睏
New Taipei (Sanxia) 睏
Kaohsiung 睏
Yilan 睏
Changhua (Lukang) 睏
Taichung 睏
Taichung (Wuqi) 睏
Tainan 睏
Taitung 睏
Hsinchu 睏
Kinmen 睏
Penghu (Magong) 睏
Penang (Hokkien) 睏
Singapore (Hokkien) 睏
Manila (Hokkien) 睏
Medan (Hokkien) 睏
Zhangping 睏
Datian 睏
Pingnan (Shangdu) 睏覺
Chaozhou 夗
Shantou 夗
Shantou (Chenghai) 夗
Shantou (Chaoyang) 夗
Nan'ao (Houzhai) 夗
Nan'ao (Yun'ao) 睏
Jieyang 夗, 死瞌
Puning 夗
Haifeng 睏, 夗
Bangkok (Teochew) 夗
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 夗
Singapore (Teochew) 夗
Leizhou 瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇
Wenchang 瞌, 偃瞌
Haikou 瞌, 偃瞌
Qionghai 瞌, 偃瞌
Singapore (Hainanese) 瞌
Puxian Min Putian 睏
Xianyou 睏
Central Min Yong'an 倒眠
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 瞇
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 瞇, 瞇覺
Shehua Fu'an 眠
Fuding 眠
Luoyuan 眠
Shunchang 眠
Cangnan 眠
Jingning (Hexi) 眠
Wu Shanghai 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
Shanghai (Chongming) 睏
Suzhou 睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang
Wuxi 睏覺
Danyang 睏覺, 睏
Hangzhou 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
Hangzhou (Yuhang) 睏覺, 睏
Ningbo 睏覺, 睏
Wenzhou 睏
Jinhua 睏褥, 睏
Xiang Changsha 睏覺, 睏, 睡覺
Loudi 睏覺, 睏
Shuangfeng 睏眼閉, 睏覺
Quanzhou 睡覺
Dialectal synonyms of 躺 (“to lie; to recline”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 寢, 臥
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 躺, 臥, 躺臥
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 躺, 歪
Taiwan 躺
Singapore 躺
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 躺
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 睡, 躺
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 躺, 睡
Wuhan 睡
Guilin 躺
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 躺, 睡
Hefei 睡, 躺
Cantonese Guangzhou 瞓
Hong Kong 瞓
Taishan 眠
Kaiping (Chikan) 眠
Yangjiang 睡
Singapore (Guangfu) 瞓
Gan Nanchang 睏
Hakka Meixian 眠, 抗
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 睡
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 眠
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 睡
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 睡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 睡
Jin Taiyuan 躺, 睡
Northern Min Jian'ou 倒
Eastern Min Fuzhou 倒
Southern Min Xiamen 倒
Quanzhou 倒
Zhangzhou 倒
Penang (Hokkien) 倒
Singapore (Hokkien) 倒
Chaozhou 倒
Shantou 夗
Jieyang 夗
Wu Suzhou 睏
Wenzhou 翻, 倒
Xiang Changsha 睏
Shuangfeng 睏

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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眠

  1. Only used in 眠娗.

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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眠

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. sleep

Readings

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Derived terms

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Kanji in this term
眠
みん
Grade: S
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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眠(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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眠 (eumhun 잠잘 면 (jamjal myeon))

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

Vietnamese

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Han character

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眠: Hán Nôm readings: miên

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