眠
to sleep; to hibernate
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How 眠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “eye”) + 民 (phonetic, mín)
How to remember it
slumber · Heisig RSH #1378
目 eye + 民 people
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 民
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 民 (mín) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 民 sound component | mín | citizens, subjects; a nation's people |
| 泯 | mǐn | to destroy, to eliminate; to perish |
| 抿 | mǐn | to press, to smooth; to purse the lips |
| 岷 | mín | the Min mountains; the Min river |
| 湣 | mǐn | confused, mixed; to pity |
| 珉 | mín | alabaster; a jade-like stone |
| 敃 | mǐn | robust, strong, vigorous |
| 苠 | mín | number, multitude; bamboo skin |
Words containing 眠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一夜无眠 | yī yè wú mián | to have a sleepless night |
| 夜不成眠 | yè bù chéng mián | to be unable to sleep at night |
| 不眠不休 | bù mián bù xiū | without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom) |
| 利眠宁 | lì mián níng | chlordiazepoxide; (trade name) Librium (loanword) |
| 安眠药 | ān mián yào | sleeping pill; CL:粒[li4] |
| 休眠火山 | xiū mián huǒ shān | dormant volcano |
| 睡眠失调 | shuì mián shī tiáo | sleep disorder |
| 安眠 | ān mián | to sleep peacefully |
| 长眠 | cháng mián | (euphemism) to rest eternally; to lie buried in (one's final resting place) |
| 抵足而眠 | dǐ zú ér mián | lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship |
| 入眠 | rù mián | to fall asleep |
| 失眠 | shī mián | to suffer from insomnia |
| 彻夜不眠 | chè yè bù mián | to be sleepless all night |
| 自我催眠 | zì wǒ cuī mián | self-hypnotism |
| 催眠状态 | cuī mián zhuàng tài | hypnosis |
| 睡眠虫 | shuì mián chóng | trypanosome |
| 补眠 | bǔ mián | to catch up on sleep |
| 微睡眠 | wēi shuì mián | microsleep |
| 催眠师 | cuī mián shī | hypnotist |
| 安眠酮 | ān mián tóng | methaqualone; hyminal |