寝

寑
qǐn
#2,800 most
frequent character
old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

寝 has 宀 a house and 丬 a bed as picture parts, with 𠬶 jìn as a sound part. The picture is a place to lie down, so it first meant a bedroom or resting. It grew to mean sleeping, and then an imperial tomb.

Drawn as: a house; a bed

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