眠ねむり

See also: 眼め

眠ねむり U+7720, 眠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7720 ← 真しん [U+771F] CJK Unified Ideographs 眡 → [U+7721]

Translingual

Han character

眠ねむり (Kangxi radical 109, 目め+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月山がっさん口くち女心おんなごころ (BURVP), four-corner 6704₇, composition ⿰目め民みん)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 805, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23240
• Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2483, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7720

Chinese

simp. and trad.		眠ねむり
alternative forms		瞑つむ 𥉦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (民みん) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
眠ねむり	*miːn
民みん	*min
泯	*min, *minʔ
怋	*min, *mɯːn
岷	*mrin
珉	*mrin
罠わな	*mrin
笢	*mrin, *minʔ
鈱	*mrin
抿	*mrɯn, *mrɯn, *mrɯnʔ
刡	*minʔ
敃	*mrinʔ
愍	*mrinʔ
暋	*mrinʔ
蟁	*mɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *miːn) : semantic 目め (“eye”) + phonetic 民みん (OC *min) – close your eyes and go to sleep.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mián (mian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): min⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): men³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mìn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): min²

• Northern Min (KCR): mêng
• Eastern Min (BUC): mìng / mièng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bîn / biân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁵ / mêng⁵ / mung⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mi

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mián
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mián
    • Wade–Giles: mien²
    • Yale: myán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
    • Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: min⁴
    • Yale: mìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: men³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐben²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min²
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: min²
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meiŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng / mièng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³/, /mieŋ⁵³/

Note:

• mìng - vernacular;
• mièng - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn / biân
    • Tâi-lô: bîn / biân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: biin, bieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³/, /biɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴/, /biɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³/, /biɛn²³/

Note:

• bîn - vernacular;
• biân - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ming⁵ / mêng⁵ / mung⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng / mêng / mûng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵⁵/, /meŋ⁵⁵/, /muŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• ming5 - literary (Chaozhou);
• mêng5 - literary (Jieyang);
• mung5 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi
    • MiniDict: mi^去さ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²³/

---

• Middle Chinese: men

Rime
Character	眠ねむり
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	明あきら (4)
Final (韻いん)	先さき (85)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	IV
Fanqie	莫賢けん切きり
Baxter	men
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/men/
Pan Wuyun	/men/
Shao Rongfen	/mɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɛn/
Li Rong	/men/
Wang Li	/mien/
Bernard Karlgren	/mien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*miːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眠ねむり
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mián
Middle Chinese	‹ men ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁi[n]/
English	shut the eyes; sleep
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眠ねむり
Reading #	1/1
No.	9129
Phonetic component	民みん
Rime group	眞しん
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眠ねむり
Old Chinese	/*miːn/

Definitions

眠ねむり

1. to sleep

   橫よこ掂仲なか有ゆう兩りょう個こ鐘かね先さき上うえ得とく機き，再さい眠ねむり陣じん添都と唔怕。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   横よこ掂仲なか有ゆう两个钟先さき上うえ得とく机つくえ，再さい眠ねむり阵添都と唔怕。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   waang⁴ dim⁶ zung⁶ jau⁵ loeng⁵ go³ zung¹ sin¹ soeng⁵ dak¹ gei¹, zoi³ min⁴ zan⁶ tim¹ dou¹ m⁴ paa³. [Jyutping]

   Since there is still two hours before boarding anyway, there's no worry in napping a little more.

2. to hibernate
3. (archaic) to feign death
4. (archaic) to lie down

Compounds

• 一夜いちや無む眠ねむり／一夜いちや无眠
• 三さん眠ねむり
• 不眠ふみん不休ふきゅう (bùmiánbùxiū)
• 人工じんこう冬眠とうみん
• 休眠きゅうみん (xiūmián)
• 休眠きゅうみん期き
• 休眠きゅうみん火山かざん (xiūmián huǒshān)
• 停とま眠ねむり整せい宿やど
• 催眠さいみん (cuīmián)
• 催眠さいみん劑ざい／催眠さいみん剂 (cuīmiánjì)
• 催眠さいみん曲きょく (cuīmiánqǔ)
• 催眠さいみん術じゅつ／催眠さいみん术 (cuīmiánshù)
• 冬眠とうみん (dōngmián)
• 初はつ眠ねむり
• 夏眠かみん (xiàmián)
• 失しつ眠ねむ (shīmián)
• 孤こ眠ねむ
• 孤こ眠ねむり獨どく宿やど／孤こ眠ねむり独どく宿やど
• 安眠あんみん (ānmián)
• 安眠あんみん藥やく／安眠あんみん药 (ānmiányào)
• 成なり眠ねむ (chéngmián)
• 我わが醉よい欲ほし眠ねむ
• 抱だき虎とら而眠
• 抵足而眠
• 永眠えいみん (yǒngmián)
• 沉眠 (chénmián)
• 牛ぎゅう眠ねむり地ち
• 眠ねむり川かわ
• 眠ねむり床ゆか (miánchuáng)
• 眠ねむり思おもえ夢想むそう／眠ねむり思おもえ梦想
• 眠ねむり琴こと綠陰りょくいん／眠ねむり琴こと绿阴
• 眩まぶし眠ねむり
• 眠ねむり花はな宿やど柳やなぎ
• 眠ねむり花はな臥が柳やなぎ／眠ねむり花はな卧柳
• 眠ねむり花はな醉よい柳やなぎ
• 眠ねむり輿こし／眠ねむり舆
• 眠ねむり雲くも／眠ねむり云うん
• 眠ねむり霜しも臥が雪ゆき／眠ねむり霜しも卧雪
• 眠ねむり鷗宿鷺さぎ／眠ねむり鸥宿鹭
• 睏眠／困こま眠ねむ
• 睡眠すいみん (shuìmián)
• 睡眠すいみん療法りょうほう／睡眠すいみん疗法
• 立たて盹行眠ねむ
• 臥が月がつ眠ねむり霜しも／卧月眠ねむり霜しも
• 臥が雪ゆき眠ねむり霜しも／卧雪眠ねむり霜しも
• 蠶かいこ眠ねむ／蚕かいこ眠ねむ (cánmián)
• 行くだり眠ねむ立たて盹
• 貓鼠同どう眠ねむり／猫ねこ鼠ねずみ同どう眠ねむり
• 長なが眠ねむ／长眠 (chángmián)
• 陷おちい眠ねむ (hām-bîn) (Min Nan)
• 高枕たかまくら而眠

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎn (mian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˇ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎn
    • Wade–Giles: mien³
    • Yale: myǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mean
    • Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Definitions

眠ねむり

1. Only used in 眠ねむり娗.

References

• “眠ねむり”, in 漢語かんご多功たこう能のう字じ庫こ (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港ほんこん中ちゅう文ぶん大學だいがく (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

眠ねむり

(Jōyō kanji)

1. sleep

Readings

• Go-on: めん (men)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kan’yō-on: みん (min, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねむい (nemui, 眠ねむい, Jōyō); ねむる (nemuru, 眠ねむる, Jōyō); ねむり (nemuri)

Derived terms

• 眠ねむり(ねむ)い (nemui)
• 居きょ(い)眠ねむり(ねむ)り (inemuri)
• 睡ねむ(すい)眠ねむり(みん) (suimin)

Kanji in this term
眠ねむり
みん Grade: S
kan'yōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みん [míꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲĩɴ]

Noun

眠ねむり(みん) • (min) 

1. rest (of a silkworm before moulting)

Synonyms

• (of a silkworm): 休きゅう(やす)み (yasumi)

Korean

Hanja

眠ねむり (eumhun 잠잘 면 (jamjal myeon))

1. hanja form^? of 면 (“close eyes, sleep”)
2. hanja form^? of 면 (“hibernate”)

Vietnamese

Han character

眠ねむり: Hán Nôm readings: miên

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.