寝
寝 — Lie down
lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
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)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 寝
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寝室 | しんしつ shinshitsu | bedroom |
| 寝る | ねる neru | to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed |
| 寝 | ね ne | sleep |
| 就寝 | しゅうしん shuushin | going to bed; retiring (for the night) |
| 寝具 | しんぐ shingu | bedding; bedclothes |
| 寝かす | ねかす nekasu | to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down |
Study notes
寝 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1034 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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