See also:
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 )

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

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𥉦

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.

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/
Bernard
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

  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) to lie down

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.

References

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. sleep

Readings

Derived terms

Kanji in this term
みん
Grade: S
kan’yōon

Pronunciation

Noun

(みん) • (min) 

  1. rest (of a silkworm before moulting)

Synonyms

References

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

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 잠잘 (jamjal myeon))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: miên

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