睡眠
shuì​mián HSK5

sleep

睡 shuì sleep

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 垂 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
垂
垂 Sound component
chuí droop

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyweH[d]o[j]-s doze off

說文解字

坐寐也。从目、垂。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

眠 mián close eyes

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 民 represents the sound.

Components

目
目 Meaning component
mù eye
民
民 Sound component
mín people

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmenmˤi[n]shut the eyes; sleep
Zhengzhangmiːn
Unicodemen

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang