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寝
JLPT N3 13 strokes Frequency: #1034

Meanings

Lie Down, Sleep, Rest, Bed, Remain Unsold

Radicals

宀

Decomposition

⿱宀⿰丬⿳彐冖又

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 丬 in their home 宀

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 dot right-to-left
3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 dot bottom-to-top
6 rising bottom-to-top
7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
11 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
12 corner top-to-bottom
13 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シン shin
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
みたまや mitamaya
や ya
ね ne
い i

Words Using This Kanji

187 words total
Other (20 words)
寝掛け ねがけ

half-asleep

寝台列車 しんだいれっしゃ

sleeper train

寝台料金 しんだいりょうきん

berth charge

寝耳に水 ねみみにみず

bolt from the blue

寝転がる ねころがる

to lie down

寝耳 ねみみ

something heard while sleeping

寝たきり ねたきり

bedridden

寝汚い いぎたない

sound asleep

早寝早起き はやねはやおき

early to bed early to rise

金を寝かす かねをねかす

to let money lie idle

寝首をかく ねくびをかく

to cut off the head of a sleeping person

ガン寝 ガンね

fast asleep

夜の目も寝ず よのめもねず

sitting up all night

寝相がいい ねぞうがいい

sleeping without turning over

寝相が悪い ねぞうがわるい

tossing and turning while asleep

寝覚めが悪い ねざめがわるい

to have an uneasy conscience

寝ぼすけ ねぼすけ

sleepyhead

寝返りを打つ ねがえりをうつ

to turn over (in one's sleep)

寝言は寝てから言え ねごとはねてからいえ

don't talk nonsense

寝言は寝てから言え ねごとはねてからいえ

don't talk nonsense

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