眠
眠 — Sleep
sleep, die, sleepy
On’yomiミン (min)
Kun’yomiねむる (nemuru)
Kun’yomiねむい (nemui)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 眠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睡眠 | すいみん suimin | sleep |
| 眠り | ねむり nemuri | sleep; sleeping; inactivity |
| 安眠 | あんみん anmin | sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep |
| 居眠り | いねむり inemuri | nodding off (while sitting); dozing |
| 冬眠 | とうみん toumin | hibernation; winter sleep; brumation |
| 不眠 | ふみん fumin | sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness |
Study notes
眠 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1315 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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