mián
close eyes
Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 民 represents the sound.
Definitions
Most common words with 眠
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
sleep | ||
to suffer from insomnia | ||
hypnosis | ||
to sleep | ||
sleeping pill |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mˤi[n] | men | mián | shut the eyes; sleep |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 14.1118% of movies
1693rd most common character in movies
1986th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+7720 |
Sources
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