Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 眠
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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
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目
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eye | |
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民
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people, nation | |
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氏
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clan | (Variant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.) |
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
| 睡眠 |
shuì mián |
sleeping; slumber | | 催眠 |
cuī mián |
hypnosis | | 失眠 |
shī mián |
(suffer from) insomnia |
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