qǐn

old variant of 寢|寝[qǐn]

Evolution

寑 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
寑 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
寑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
寑 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

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qǐn

old variant of |[qǐn]

Most common words with 寑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

寝室

bedroom

to lie down

就寝

to go to sleep

寝食难安

lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)

废寝忘食

to skip one's sleep and meals

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.8901% of movies

2970th most common character in movies

2806th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+5BD1

Shuowen

“寑,臥也。从宀,聲。”


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