眠 — sleep, die, sleepy

ねむる眠 sleep

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+7720 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1315 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1977 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sleep
die
sleepy

word

ねむ nemu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

眠(ねむ) る nemuru to sleep 眠(ねむ) い nemui sleepy 眠(ねむ) れる nemureru to be able to sleep 眠(ねむ) り nemuri sleep 眠(ねむ) 気(け) nemuke sleepiness

みん min On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

睡(すい) 眠(みん) suimin sleep 催(さい) 眠(みん) saimin hypnosis

Appears in idioms

不眠不休四字熟語

negative, sleep, negative, rest

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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みん民 people

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