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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 眠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
眠 mián - to sleep
- to hibernate

List Ranking for: 眠

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

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 8,630 10,359 4,546

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 目 民

Radical:

目

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

民

Semantic:

目

Hint:

Eye

Other Words Containing 眠

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
睡眠 - 5 4,994 4,439 2,174
催眠 - 7 5,532 18,728 10,131
安眠药 - 7 8,016 24,008 14,664
眠 - - 8,630 10,359 4,546
失眠 5 5 9,469 4,822 1,648
冬眠 - - 15,932 18,649 8,258
入眠 - - 16,521 25,466 11,169
长眠 - - 16,825 38,283 28,698
催眠术 - - 17,470 71,283 62,457
休眠 - 7 18,756 33,039 34,739
安眠 - - 18,782 40,897 20,899
彻夜不眠 - - 37,494 68,067 41,690
催眠曲 - - 39,185 72,952 36,891
催眠药 - - 41,990 - -
永眠 - - 71,322 - 103,304