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Meaning of 寤

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Pinyin:
English Definition: to awake from sleep
Chinese Definition:
①睡醒:“七日而寤”。寤寐以求。
②古同“悟”,理解,明白。
③古同“牾”,逆。
Total strokes: 14; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (roof) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [gàimian2] roof; house
    • Left to right
      • [ qiáng ] half of a tree trunk
      • [ ] I, my, our; to resist, to impede
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Example Words
寤寐 mèi lit. awake or asleep; at any time
寤寐不忘 mèi wàng to not forget (sth.) asleep or awake (idiom)
寤寐筹思 mèi chóu to think of sth. day and night (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
And he saith to Peter: Simon, sleepest thou? couldst thou not watch one hour?
2
These are ways of staying awake, of being ready.
3
E
120
Sonata for Viola and Piano in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2
4
Watch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord will come.
5
But the end of all is at hand. Be prudent therefore, and watch in prayers.