寐 mèi sleep
怎么记住“寐”: 宀 roof + 爿 split log + 未 not yet = sleep. Under the quiet roof the baby lies at midnight in a cot carved from a split log, eyes wide open, not yet ready for sleep.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
寐 = 宀 roof + 𱭏 bed
- 宀 roof
- 𱭏 bed
- 爿 split log
- 未 not yet
Under the quiet roof the baby lies at midnight in a cot carved from a split log, eyes wide open, not yet ready for sleep.
How it came to be
A short form of the sign for dream, a roof over a bed, gives the meaning, and the part at the lower right gives the sound.
用法
- Literary 'to sleep', mostly in set phrases: 梦寐以求 (mèngmèiyǐqiú) to long for even in one's dreams, 夜不能寐 (yè bù néng mèi) unable to sleep at night.
- Bound and elevated; everyday 'sleep' is 睡 (shuì).