Memory phrase for the character: 眠

眠

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Meaning sleep

Pronunciation

mián

Explanation

Left: eye 目, right: people, nation 民 (several times 'family' 氏 behind each others as multiplier for the people.)

Mnemonic
 
The eyes of the people are sleepy. [Is this a hint to the manipulability by the government?]

Radicals

目 eyeImage of an eye with a central pupil 口.
民 people, nation
氏 clanVariant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.
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 Vocabulary

睡眠 shuì mián  sleeping; slumber
催眠 cuī mián  hypnosis
失眠 shī mián  (suffer from) insomnia
失眠 shī mián  

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