The order of strokes for sleeping is: vertical, horizontal fold, horizontal, horizontal, horizontal, left, horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, vertical, horizontal, horizontal.
Sleep is a first-level Chinese character, pronounced as shuì. Its original meaning is to take a nap while sitting.
Basic meaning
Rest with eyes closed, the cerebral cortex is in a resting state: sleepiness. sleep. dream. sleep. Fall asleep. Sandman (a metaphor for strong sleepiness).
Basic meanings
1. Understanding. From the eyes, lower your voice. Refers to drooping eyelids and dozing off. Original meaning: dozing while sitting.
2. The same as the original meaning. To sleep, to sit and sleep. - "Shuowen" When I feel sleepy after reading, I use the awl to stab my butt. - "Warring States Policy·Qin Policy" Xiaogong met Wei Yang and talked for a long time. Xiaogong fell asleep all the time and could not listen. - "Historical Records·Biographies of Shang Jun"
3. Another example: sleep at noon (take a nap); sleep and sleep (doze off; take a nap).
4. [After the Middle Ages, it was] falling asleep. Tong Wei waited for him to sleep, tied the blade on his back, and used up and down force to kill him, so he took the blade to kill him. -Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty, "Biography from Tong District" Zi Can woke up from his sleep, while the guest was snoring and sleeping on the kang. ——Ming Dynasty Wei Xi's "The Legend of Da Tiezhu" The couple had a little wish, but their minds were dull and they were dying of sleep. —"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio·Promoting Weaving"
5. Another example: sleeping head (interest in sleeping); sleeping talk (talking in sleep); Sandman (screaming and moaning due to nightmares); sleeping for a long time (die); sleeping shoes (soft-soled shoes for women with small feet to sleep in).
6. Lie down, lie down, lie down. For example: Sleeping Duck Stove (an ancient incense burner. It is shaped like a duck sleeping with incense burning in its belly and smoke coming out of its mouth).
Interpretation of ancient books
The Kangxi Dictionary’s noon set contains the word “Sleep”·Kangxi strokes: 13·Outer strokes: 8
"Tang Yun" is a pseudo-cut " "Ji Yun" and "Yun Hui" are both pseudo-cut and "Zheng Yun" are pseudo-cut, and the sound is auspicious. "Shuowen" means sitting down and sleeping. "Historical Records·Biography of Shang Jun" Wei Yang talked about things for a long time, and Xiaogong fell asleep all the time and couldn't listen. "Public Security Policy of Jia Yi of the Former Han Dynasty" The generals were put to bed by their guards.
Another flowery name. "Qing Yi Lu" A monk from Mount Lu was sleeping on a stone during the day. He smelled the fragrance of flowers in his dream. When he went to sleep, he looked for the fragrance and asked for it. It was named "Sleeping Fragrance". There are strange things in the four directions, so it is said that there is auspiciousness in the flower, so it is easy to fall asleep because of the auspiciousness.