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Translingual
Han character
眠 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山口女心 (BURVP), four-corner 67047, composition ⿰目民)
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 眠
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*miːn
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| 民
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*min
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| 泯
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*min, *minʔ
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| 怋
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*min, *mɯːn
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| 岷
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*mrin
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| 珉
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*mrin
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| 罠
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*mrin
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| 笢
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*mrin, *minʔ
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| 鈱
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*mrin
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| 抿
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*mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
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| 刡
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*minʔ
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| 敃
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*mrinʔ
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| 愍
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*mrinʔ
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| 暋
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*mrinʔ
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| 蟁
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*mɯn
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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
Note:
- mìng - vernacular;
- mièng - literary.
Note:
- bîn - vernacular;
- biân - literary.
Note:
- ming5 - literary (Chaozhou);
- mêng5 - literary (Jieyang);
- mung5 - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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眠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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mián
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ men ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*mˁi/
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| English
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shut the eyes; sleep
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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眠
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9129
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Phonetic
component
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民
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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眠
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Old
Chinese
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/*miːn/
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Definitions
眠
- 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.
- Since there is still two hours before boarding anyway, there's no worry in napping a little more.
- to hibernate
- (archaic) to feign death
- (archaic) to lie down
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
眠
- Only used in 眠娗.
References
Japanese
Kanji
眠
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- sleep
Readings
Derived terms
Pronunciation
Noun
眠 • (min)
- rest (of a silkworm before moulting)
Synonyms
References
Korean
Hanja
眠 (eumhun 잠잘 면 (jamjal myeon))
- Hanja form? of 면 (“close eyes, sleep”).
- Hanja form? of 면 (“hibernate”).
Vietnamese
Han character
眠: Hán Nôm readings: miên
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