Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
5
Mandarin
mián
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
5 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
mián

Definitions by reading

ming5
Mandarin equivalent mián
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng mind5 Chaoyang ming5 Chenghai ming5 Jieyang mêng5 Raoping ming5 Shantou ming5
mián
①睡觉:安~ | 长~ | 失~ | ~床(卧具,睡觉用的床)。☞“眠床”一词潮阳读[meng5 ceng5]。
②某些动物一定时期内像睡眠那样不食不动:初~ | 冬~。
③倒卧:一日三~三起。
④横放:“~琴绿阴” 。
①睡觉:安眠
②蚕在蜕皮时像睡眠那样不食不动:蚕眠
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English meaning

close eyes, sleep; hibernate

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
明母 四等 口 先韵 平声 莫賢切
Reconstruction:
Original

寐也,莫賢切,七。