寢

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寝

🇨🇳

get some shuteye

HSK 10

Objects →Buildings

qǐn

シン

ね.る、ね.かす、い.ぬ、みたまや、や.める

침

A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 爿 in their home 宀

Components

Traditional (寢)

宀 roof+ 爿 half+ 彐 snout+ 冖 cover+ 又 again =

寢 get some shuteye

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

爿 Meaning component

pán half

half of tree trunk

彐 Meaning component

jì snout

冖 Meaning component

mì cover

又 Meaning component

yòu again

and, also, again, in addition

Simplified (寝)

宀 roof+ 丬 piece of wood+ 彐 snout+ 冖 cover+ 又 again =

寝 sleep

宀 Meaning component

mián roof

丬 Meaning component

qiáng piece of wood

"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[piàn]

彐 Meaning component

jì snout

冖 Meaning component

mì cover

又 Meaning component

yòu again

and, also, again, in addition

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

寢

Regular

Modern

Chinese

寝 / 寢 [qǐn]

to lie down

Japanese

寝ぬ同音

v2n-sintrans. archaic to lie down; to go to bed; to go to sleep

寝ね、しん、い (old) 同音

noun sleep

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

寝が足りないので、今日は早めに寝ます。

Because of my lack of sleep I'm going to bed early tonight.

CHINESE WORDS (16)

寝食难安 [qǐnshínán'ān] #30,515

lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom)

废寝忘食 [fèiqǐnwàngshí] #38,088

to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)

寿终正寝 [shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn] #39,059

to die of old age

陵寝 [língqǐn] #43,029

tomb (of king or emperor)

寝具 [qǐnjù] #53,107

bedding

废寝忘餐 [fèiqǐnwàngcān] #66,314

see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fèiqǐnwàngshí]

食肉寝皮 [shíròuqǐnpí] #69,837

to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb

忘餐废寝 [wàngcānfèiqǐn] #74,399

see 廢寢忘食|废寝忘食[fèiqǐnwàngshí]

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KOREAN WORDS (3)