眠

See also: 眼
眠 U+7720, 眠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7720
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[U+771F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眡 →
[U+7721]

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
simp. and trad.
 眠
alternative forms 瞑
𥉦

Glyph origin
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

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

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) 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

眠

  1. Only used in 眠娗.

References

Japanese

Kanji
眠

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. sleep

Readings

Derived terms
Kanji in this term
眠
みん
Grade: S
kan’yōon

Pronunciation

Noun

眠(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

眠 (eumhun 잠잘 면 (jamjal myeon))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

眠: Hán Nôm readings: miên

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