睡眠

睡

shuì

眠

mián

sleep / to sleep / (computing) to enter sleep mode

Characters and words in 睡眠

睡

shuì = shu + ei4

to sleep / to lie down

睡 = 垂 + 目 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) is sleeping (睡) on top of a weeping willow (垂) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). His sleep (睡) is guarded by the eye of providence (目) which is hovering next to the tree (睡).

眠

mián = mi + an2

to sleep / to hibernate

眠 = 民 + 目 : The eye of providence (目) is going to sleep (眠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Marilyn Monroe (mi) tucks it into a copy of the declaration of independence (民).