眠

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

simp. and trad.
 眠
alternative forms 瞑
𥉦

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

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/
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[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

眠

  1. Only used in 眠娗.

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

眠

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. sleep

Readings[edit]

Derived terms[edit]


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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

眠(みん) • (min) 

  1. rest (of a silkworm before moulting)

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

眠 (eumhun 잠잘 면 (jamjal myeon))

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

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

眠: Hán Nôm readings: miên

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