寝 — Chinese character
寝
qǐn
to sleep, to rest; bedroom
- Pinyin
- qǐn
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 宀 丬 彐 冖 又
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 丬 in their home 宀
- Traditional
- 寢
- Japanese
- 寝 as a kanji
Common words with 寝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寝室 (寢室) | qǐn shì | bedroom; dormitory |
| 陵寝 (陵寢) | líng qǐn | tomb (of king or emperor) |
| 就寝 (就寢) | jiù qǐn | to go to sleep; to go to bed (literary) |
| 寿终正寝 (壽終正寢) | shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn | to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age |
| 废寝忘食 (廢寢忘食) | fèi qǐn wàng shí | (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work |
| 寝食难安 (寢食難安) | qǐn shí nán ān | (lit.) unable to sleep or eat in peace (idiom); (fig.) deeply worried or troubled |
| 寝具 (寢具) | qǐn jù | bedding |
| 寝食不安 (寢食不安) | qǐn shí bù ān | see 寝食难安 (qǐn shí nán ān) |
| 安寝 (安寢) | ān qǐn | to sleep peacefully |
| 废寝忘餐 (廢寢忘餐) | fèi qǐn wàng cān | see 废寝忘食 (fèi qǐn wàng shí) |
| 寝苫枕块 (寢苫枕塊) | qǐn shān zhěn kuài | bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom); the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period |
| 废寝食 (廢寢食) | fèi qǐn shí | to neglect sleep and food |
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