枕 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhěn

pillow

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

冘 Sound component

yín, yóu

to move on

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhěn

pillow; to pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhèn] for this sense)

Most common words with 枕

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	枕头	pillow
	枕	pillow
	高枕无忧	to sleep peacefully (idiom)
	同床共枕	to share the bed
	落枕	to have a stiff neck after sleeping

Historical pronunciation

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.9930% of movies

2145th most common character in movies

2605th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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