mèi
sleep
Originally depicts a person (人) sleeping on a bed (爿) inside a house (宀). Later written into a phonosemantic compound. 𪧇 represents the meaning and 未 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 寐
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to long for sth day and night | ||
to sleep soundly | ||
to dream | ||
to doze | ||
at any time |
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