Memory phrase for the character: 寝

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Top: house 宀, left: bed 丬 (= image of a tree cut into half; cf. 片), right: var. of hand holding a broom 帚

A house with a bed and a broom is where I sleep.

宀	roof
丬	bed	Simplification of fragment: 爿 which shows a tree split lengthwise. (片 is the other half) - Not at least because of its use with these characters 寐, 寝 for 'sleep', it got the meaning of "bed".
帚	Hand with broom	The hand 彐 at the broom 冖/巾 sweeps.

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寝室	qǐn shì	bedroom; dormitory
陵寝	líng qǐn	tomb (of king or emperor)
废寝忘食	fèi qǐn wàng shí	to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
废寝忘食	fèi qǐn wàng shí

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