See also:
U+7720, 眠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7720

[U+771F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7721]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 109, +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山口女心 (BURVP), four-corner 67047, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23240
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2483, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7720

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𥉦

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *miːn): semantic (eye) + phonetic (OC *min) – close your eyes and go to sleep.

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • mìng - vernacular;
  • mièng - literary.
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • bîn - vernacular;
    • biân - literary.
    Note:
    • ming5 - literary (Chaozhou);
    • mêng5 - literary (Jieyang);
    • mung5 - vernacular.
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (4)
    Final () (85)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter men
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /men/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /men/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /mɛn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /mɛn/
    Li
    Rong
    /men/
    Wang
    Li
    /mien/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /mien/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    mián
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    min4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    mián
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ men ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*mˁi[n]/
    English shut the eyes; sleep

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9129
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*miːn/

    Definitions edit

    1. to sleep
    2. to hibernate
    3. (archaic) to feign death
    4. (archaic) to lie down

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. sleep

    Readings edit

    Derived terms edit


    Kanji in this term
    みん
    Grade: S
    kan’yōon

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (みん) (min

    1. rest (of a silkworm before moulting)

    Synonyms edit

    References edit

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean edit

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun 잠잘 (jamjal myeon))

    1. Hanja form? of (close eyes, sleep).
    2. Hanja form? of (hibernate).

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: miên

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