枕

枕 U+6795, 枕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6795 ← 枔 [U+6794] CJK Unified Ideographs 枖 → [U+6796]

枕 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木中月山 (DLBU), four-corner 4491₂, composition ⿰木冘)

• 𠶍 𡹟 萙

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 515, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14546
• Dae Jaweon: page 903, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1175, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6795

simp. and trad.		枕
alternative forms		𣏝 ⿱冘木

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'um, *ʔljumʔ, *ʔljums) : semantic 木 + phonetic 冘 (OC *lu, *lum).

For the "pillow" sense, perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-k(u/i)m (“pillow, block, bench, bedstead”), and cognate with 椹 (OC *ʔl'um, “chopping block”), Burmese ခုံ (hkum, “raised block”) (STEDT).

枕

1. pillow
2. occipital bone
3. Alternative form of 軫／轸 (zhěn, “cross board at rear of a carriage”)

枕

1. to pillow; to lay one's head on

   堆屍貯積手足相枕 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   堆尸贮积手足相枕 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 王秀楚《揚州十日記》

   duī shī zhù jī shǒuzú xiāng zhěn [Pinyin]

   Bodies are piled up with their hands pillowing upon feet.

2. to approach
3. to lean on
4. a surname

枕

1. Lindera umbellata
2. Alternative form of 沉 (chén)

• “枕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. pillow

• Go-on: しん (shin)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しん (shin)^{←しむ (simu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ちん (chin)^{←ちむ (timu, historical)}
• Kun: まくら (makura, 枕, Jōyō)

Kanji in this term
枕
まくら Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 枕 – see the following entry.

【まくら】 [noun] 枕: pillow

(This term, 枕, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

枕 (eum 침 (chim))

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枕: Hán Nôm readings: chẳm, chắm, chẩm, chũm, chấm, chỏm

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