寝 – lie down, sleep, rest

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1034 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 寝 means lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ね.る、ね.かす、い.ぬ、みたまや、や.める (neru, nekasu, inu, mitamaya, yameru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	ね.る	neru
Kun’yomi	ね.かす	nekasu
Kun’yomi	い.ぬ	inu
Kun’yomi	みたまや	mitamaya
Kun’yomi	や.める	yameru

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: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: ヨ・又・冖・宀・爿.

Words using 寝

寝るねるto sleep (lying down)寝坊ねぼうsleeping in late寝台しんだいbed寝巻ねまきnightclothes昼寝ひるね(afternoon) nap朝寝坊あさねぼうsleeping late in the morning寝間着ねまきnightclothes寝かせるねかせるto put to bedうたた寝うたたねdoze

Example sentences

赤ん坊は１日中寝ていた。

The baby was sleeping all day long.

Tatoeba #142199

寝る前に歯を磨きなさい。

Brush your teeth before going to bed.

Tatoeba #145651

少年は春の日差しを浴びて仰向けに寝ていた。

The boy lay on his back, basking in the spring sunshine.

Tatoeba #146544

Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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