安 ān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
安眠药
ānmiányào
sleeping pill
Characters in this word
眠 mián
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
药 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 约 treaty, covenant, agreement
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长期依赖安眠药并不能真正解决失眠，反而可能掩盖焦虑的根源。 Chángqī yīlài ānmiányào bìng bù néng zhēnzhèng jiějué shīmián, fǎn'ér kěnéng yǎngài jiāolǜ de gēnyuán. Long-term reliance on sleeping pills cannot truly solve insomnia and may instead conceal the root of the anxiety.
- 医生叮嘱他不要随便吃安眠药。 Yīshēng dīngzhǔ tā bú yào suíbiàn chī ānmiányào. The doctor warned him not to take sleeping pills casually.
- 她睡前喝一杯热牛奶，比吃安眠药更自然。 Tā shuì qián hē yì bēi rè niúnǎi, bǐ chī ānmiányào gèng zìrán. She drinks a glass of hot milk before bed, which is more natural than taking sleeping pills.