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Variant form of 臥. Depicts a person (人) with their eye (臣) leaning forward preparing to lie down and sleep.
Components
chén minister
Depicts an eye.
rén, ren person
Current form looks like 卜.
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.