眠 Strokes Write it Listen 眠 mián sleep, shut-eye, hibernatation HSK 5 10 strokes Radical 目 Sound + meaning 5 words Built from目meaningmùeye; to look, to see; division, topic民soundmíncitizens, subjects; a nation's people How it works目 hints at the meaning (eye), and 民 mín hints at the sound.