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眠

JLPT N3 10 strokes Frequency: #1315

Meanings

Sleep, Die, Sleepy

Radicals

目

Decomposition

⿰目民

Etymology

Pictophonetic: eye

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 corner right-to-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 hook right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ミン min

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ねむ nemu

Words Using This Kanji

119 words total

Other (20 words)

快眠かいみん

pleasant sleep

休眠きゅうみん

dormancy

休眠期きゅうみんき

dormant season

居眠りいねむり

nodding off (while sitting)

催眠薬さいみんやく

sleeping medicine

催眠さいみん

hypnosis

催眠剤さいみんざい

sleeping medicine

催眠術さいみんじゅつ

hypnotism

就眠しゅうみん

going to sleep

春眠しゅんみん

deep sleep

春眠暁を覚えずしゅんみんあかつきをおぼえず

in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn

睡眠すいみん

sleep

睡眠不足すいみんぶそく

lack of sleep

睡眠剤すいみんざい

sleeping tablet

睡眠薬すいみんやく

sleeping pill

惰眠だみん

idle slumber

冬眠とうみん

hibernation

不眠不休ふみんふきゅう

no sleep or rest

不眠症ふみんしょう

sleeplessness

夏眠かみん

estivation

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