酣睡
hān​shuì HSK7

slumber

酣 hān, hàn enjoy intoxicants

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
甘
甘 Sound component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartham[ɡ]ˤamhalf-drunk
Zhengzhangɢaːm
Unicodehɑm

說文解字

酒樂也。从酉从甘，甘亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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)