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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 寝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
寝 qǐn - old variant of 寢|寝[qin3]
寝 qǐn - (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest
- (bound form) bedroom
- (bound form) imperial tomb
- (literary) to stop; to cease

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 28,851 24,377 14,334

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 宀 ⿰ 丬 ⿳ 彐 冖 又

Radical:

宀

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 丬 in their home 宀

Other Words Containing 寝

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
寝室 - 8 11,924 7,661 3,349
就寝 - - 25,380 40,261 23,876
寝 - - 28,851 24,377 14,334
寝食难安 - - 30,515 56,550 46,303
废寝忘食 - 9 38,088 46,981 35,485
寿终正寝 - - 39,059 52,602 44,857
寝具 - - 83,736 89,605 81,335