Chinese Character 寐 Meanings and components.

Form

寐

Meaning

寐 meaning[3] in English

To Sleep Soundly.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 寐 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , 'piece of wood' … (爿) , and not yet (未)

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JVMD

How to write 寐

To write寐mei4to sleep … you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 爿pan2'piece of … 未wei4not yet arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 爿 + 未 = 寐

寐 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 寐 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 寐, looks as follow:

寐
Pinyin:mei4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Sleep Soundly
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
爿
Pinyin:pan2
Meaning[3]: 'Piece Of Wood' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 90), Mirror Image Of 片[Pian4]
未
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not Yet . Did Not . Have Not . Not . 8th Earthly Branch: 1-3 P.M., 6th Solar Month (7th July-6th August), Year Of The Sheep . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 210°
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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