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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)

眠気ねむけ

sleepiness

眠いねむい

sleepy

眠るねむる

to sleep

眠り薬ねむりぐすり

sleeping powder

眠たいねむたい

sleepy

眠りねむり

sleep

仮眠かみん

nap

眠り込むねむりこむ

to fall asleep

催眠療法さいみんりょうほう

hypnotherapy

熟眠じゅくみん

sound sleep

居眠り運転いねむりうんてん

falling asleep at the wheel

眠り病ねむりびょう

sleeping sickness

眠気覚ましねむけざまし

keeping oneself awake

眠り草ねむりぐさ

mimosa

三眠蚕さんみんかいこ

three-molt silkworm

睡眠を妨げるすいみんをさまたげる

to disturb one's sleep

眠りから覚めるねむりからさめる

to awake from one's sleep

睡眠時間すいみんじかん

(one's) sleeping hours

レム睡眠レムすいみん

REM sleep

夏眠かみん

estivation

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