睡 – drowsy, sleep, die

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1739 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 睡 means drowsy, sleep, die. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ねむ.る、ねむ.い (nemuru, nemui). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 目 (no. 109).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
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: ｜・ノ・一・目.

Words using 睡

睡眠すいみんsleep

Example sentences

睡眠は薬に勝る。

Sleep is better than medicine.

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Kanji with the same radical

相目県直真着督省看瞬眠盾眼眺盲瞳

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