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Character: 眠
Modern (Beijing) reading: mián
Preclassic Old Chinese: mīn
Classic Old Chinese: mīn
Western Han Chinese: mjǝ̄n
Eastern Han Chinese: miǝ̄n
Early Postclassic Chinese: miēn
Middle Postclassic Chinese: miēn
Late Postclassic Chinese: miēn
Middle Chinese: mien
English meaning : shut the eyes
Russian meaning[s]: 1) спать, дремать; сон; 2) спячка (у животных); 3) положить горизонтально; лечь горизонтально; горизонтальный, лежачий
Comments: Also read *mīnʔ, MC míen, Pek. miǎn 'befool'. For *m- cf. Xiamen bin2, Chaozhou miŋ2, Fuzhou mieŋ2, Jianou mɛiŋ2.
Radical: 109
Four-angle index: 6712
Karlgren code: 0457 e
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mīɫ
Meaning: sleep
Burmese: minh faint, hminh shut the eyes, mjańh be sleepy.
Kachin: mjen2-mjen2 to enjoy sleep; (H) mje, mjen to pass off, as into sleep.
Comments: Bahing mjel be sleepy. Ben. 47.
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Number: 1008
Character: 眠
MC description : 山開四平先明
ZIHUI: 4177 1786
Beijing: mian 12
Jinan: miã 12
Xi'an: miã 12
Taiyuan: miɛ 1
Hankou: mian 12
Chengdu: mian 12
Yangzhou: mî̃ 12
Suzhou: mî 12
Wenzhou: mi 12
Changsha: miẽ 12
Shuangfeng: mî̃ 12
Nanchang: miɛn 31
Meixian: min 12
Guangzhou: min 12
Xiamen: bian 12
Chaozhou: miŋ 12
Fuzhou: mieŋ 12
Shanghai: mî 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: mien 12
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