寝
寢qǐn
#2,800 most
frequent character
(bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
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
Ask DeepSeek
Your word lists
Sign in to add this word to your private lists.