Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 寝
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寝 |
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Meaning |
sleep, dormitory, to lie down |
Pronunciation |
qǐn |
Explanation |
Top: house 宀, left: bed 丬 (= image of a tree cut into half; cf. 片), right: var. of hand holding a broom 帚 |
Mnemonic
| A house with a bed and a broom is where I sleep. |
Radicals
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宀
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roof | |
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丬
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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".) |
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帚
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Hand with broom | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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