眠 – sleep, die, sleepy

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1315 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 眠 means sleep, die, sleepy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ミン (min); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ねむ.る、ねむ.い (nemuru, nemui). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 目 (no. 109).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ミン	min
Kun’yomi	ねむ.る	nemuru
Kun’yomi	ねむ.い	nemui

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 目 (Kangxi radical 109). Components: 口・氏・目・尸.

Words using 眠

眠いねむいsleepy眠るねむるto sleep睡眠すいみんsleep居眠りいねむりnodding off (while sitting)冬眠とうみんhibernation眠たいねむたいsleepy

Example sentences

彼は眠くて瞼が重かった。

His eyes were heavy with sleep.

Tatoeba #99739

もし眠るといけないので目覚し時計をセットしなさい。

In case you sleep, set the alarm.

Tatoeba #237325

彼は今地下に眠っている。

He is dead and buried now.

Tatoeba #107121

Kanji with the same radical

相目県直真着督省看瞬盾眼眺睡盲瞳

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