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寝 — 13 strokes / Radical「宀」

道
4Junior high level / 13 strokes / Radical「宀」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
ね.る・ね.かす・い.ぬ・みたまや・や.めるne.ru · ne.kasu · i.nu · mitamaya · ya.meru
Meaning
lie down; sleep

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person lying down under a roof (宀) — to lie down, to sleep.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシンしんshin寝室しんしつ寝具しんぐ就寝しゅうしん
Kunねるneru寝るねる寝入るねいる昼寝ひるね
Kunねかすnekasu寝かすねかす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 寝室しんしつ

    bedroom

  • 就寝しゅうしん

    going to bed

More words with this kanji

  • 狸寝入りたぬきねいり
  • 寝床ねどこ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

十(じゅう)時(じ)には寝(ね)るようにしている。

I try to go to bed by ten.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

寝室就寝寝室room就to tak…寂lonely孑alone孒mosqui…宇heaven…宅home侵invade振shake浸soak慎be car…震quake
CompoundRadicalReading

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