眠

mián

Radical: 目 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

眠 decomposes into the following components:

目 民

Semantic component: 目; phonetic component: 民.

Words containing 眠

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 眠.

休眠
xiū mián
to be dormant (biology)
催眠
cuī mián
hypnosis
入眠
rù mián
to fall asleep
冬眠
dōng mián
hibernation
助眠
zhù mián
失眠
shī mián
to suffer from insomnia
安眠
ān mián
sleep peacefully
永眠
yǒng mián
eternal rest (i.e. death)
睡眠
shuì mián
sleeping
舒眠
shū mián
蚕眠
cán mián
hibernation period of silkworms
蛰眠
zhé mián
to hibernate

Related characters (radical 目)

Characters that share the radical 目.

目 盯 盱 盲 直 相 盹 盼 盾 省 眄 眇 眈 眉 看 県 眍 眔 眙 眚 真 眢 眥 眦

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