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寐

mèi
verb #68,686

Meanings

  1. 1 to sleep
  2. 2 to sleep soundly

Examples

他忧心得整夜不能入寐。
Tā yōuxīn de zhěngyè bùnéng rùmèi.
He was so worried that he could not sleep all night.
她日夜思念，梦寐以求。
Tā rìyè sīniàn, mèngmèi yǐqiú.
She thought of him day and night, longing for him even in dreams.

Tips

usage
寐 is literary. It appears in 梦寐以求 (梦寐以求, 'to long for something even in one's dreams') and 假寐 (假寐, 'to doze lightly'). Everyday 'to sleep' is 睡觉 (睡觉).

Components

radical
宀 mián
roof; house
宀 is the roof radical. Sleeping happens indoors, under a roof, so it sets the domestic scene of the character.
semantic
爿 qiáng
bed (split-wood half)
爿 is the picture of a bed stood on end (a split log). Inside the house it shows the bed one lies down on — the heart of the 'sleep' meaning.
phonetic
未 wèi
not yet; phonetic
未 supplies the sound (wèi shifting to mèi). It contributes pronunciation only and no meaning here.

Stroke Order

寐 mèi