Chinese Character 眠 Meanings and components.

Form

眠

Meaning

眠 meaning[3] in English

To Sleep.

To Hibernate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 眠 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and surname Min (民)

Its radical[1] is: 目 (mu4) which means: Eye, Item, Section, List, Catalogue, Table Of Contents, Order (Taxonomy), Goal, Name, Title, .目mu4eye

In cangjie it is written with BURVP

How to write 眠

To write眠mian2to sleep you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 民min2surname Min arranged in a 吅 shape:

目 + 民 = 眠

眠 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

眠
Pinyin:mian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sleep . To Hibernate
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
民
Pinyin:min2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Min

Notes

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

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

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