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睡 — 13 strokes / Radical「目」

道
準2High school level / 13 strokes / Radical「目」
On
スイすい · sui
Kun
ねむ.る・ねむ.いnemu.ru · nemu.i
Meaning
sleep; drowse

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

目 "eye" with 垂 "to droop": the eyelids drooping shut — to sleep.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onスイすいsui睡眠すいみん熟睡じゅくすい午睡ごすい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 睡眠すいみん

    sleep

  • 熟睡じゅくすい

    sound sleep

More words with this kanji

  • 睡蓮すいれん
  • 昏睡こんすい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

睡眠(すいみん)をよく取(と)る。

I get plenty of sleep.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

熟睡睡眠睡熟to rip…眠sleep盲blind眺gaze督superv…目eye直straig…帥comman…水water吹blow垂to han…炊cook
CompoundRadicalReading

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