Memory phrase for the character: 寝

寝

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Meaning

sleep, dormitory, to lie down

Pronunciation

qǐn

Explanation

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

Mnemonic
 
Under the roof is a bed and a broom. That's where I sleep.

Radicals

宀 roof
丬 bedSimplification 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 broomThe hand 彐 at the broom 冖/巾 sweeps.




 Vocabulary

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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