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U+7720, 眠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7720

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𪦓, 𬧆, 𥋹, 𭿱, 𥉦, 𮐊, 𥌱

References

  • 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

More information simp. and trad., alternative forms ...

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • mìng - vernacular;
  • mièng - literary.

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Definitions

  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

Compounds

  • 一夜無眠 / 一夜无眠
  • 三眠
  • 不眠不休 (bùmiánbùxiū)
  • 人工冬眠
  • 休眠 (xiūmián)
  • 休眠期
  • 休眠火山 (xiūmián huǒshān)
  • 停眠整宿
  • 催眠 (cuīmián)
  • 催眠劑 / 催眠剂 (cuīmiánjì)
  • 催眠曲 (cuīmiánqǔ)
  • 催眠術 / 催眠术 (cuīmiánshù)
  • 冬眠 (dōngmián)
  • 初眠
  • 夏眠 (xiàmián)
  • 失眠 (shīmián)
  • 孤眠
  • 孤眠獨宿 / 孤眠独宿
  • 安眠 (ānmián)
  • 安眠藥 / 安眠药 (ānmiányào)
  • 成眠 (chéngmián)
  • 我醉欲眠
  • 抱虎而眠
  • 抵足而眠
  • 永眠 (yǒngmián)
  • 沉眠 (chénmián)
  • 牛眠地
  • 眠川
  • 眠床 (miánchuáng)
  • 眠思夢想 / 眠思梦想
  • 眠琴綠陰 / 眠琴绿阴
  • 眩眠
  • 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
  • 睏眠 / 困眠
  • 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 (cánmián)
  • 行眠立盹
  • 貓鼠同眠 / 猫鼠同眠
  • 長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián)
  • 陷眠 (hām-bîn) (Min Nan)
  • 高枕而眠

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. only used in 眠娗

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