寝
qǐn HSK7

sleep

Phonosemantic compound. 𪧇 represents the meaning and 𠬶 represents the sound.

Components

𪧇
𪧇 MeaningSimplified component
chuáng (bedroom), bed
𠬶
𠬶 Sound component
jìn to invade

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

寢 sleep Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 𪧇 represents the meaning and 𠬶 represents the sound.

Components

𪧇
𪧇 Meaning component
chuáng (bedroom), bed

Depicts a bed (爿) in a room (宀).

𠬶
𠬶 Sound component
jìn to invade

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshimX[tsʰ]imʔ sleep

說文解字

《說文》：“，病卧也。从省，省聲。”

Sources

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