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眠

Sleep
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingミン
Kun readingねむ.る、ねむ.い
JōyōGrade 8Level 27

Verbs with «眠»

眠る眠れる
  1. to sleep
  2. to die
  3. to rest (in peace)
  4. to lie (buried)
  5. to sleep (in the grave)

Popular Usage

眠い眠る睡眠居眠り

Radicals and components

Radical目eye
Components
How it's built
眠
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eye (目) · people · mouth (口) · family name

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1977

Compound words

眠いねむい
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
眠るねむる
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)
睡眠すいみん
sleep
居眠りいねむり
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
安眠あんみん
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
催眠さいみん
hypnosis
冬眠とうみん
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
不眠ふみん
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
眠気ねむけ
sleepiness; drowsiness
眠りねむり
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
不眠症ふみんしょう
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
眠たいねむたい
sleepy; drowsy
一眠いちみん
the first sleep (of silkworms)
永眠えいみん
eternal sleep
夏眠かみん
estivation
快眠かいみん
pleasant sleep
休眠きゅうみん
dormancy
惰眠だみん
idle slumber
眠鱶ネムリブカ
whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
嗜眠しみん
deep sleep
一眠りひとねむり
nap
休眠期きゅうみんき
dormant season
睡眠剤すいみんざい
sleeping tablet
冬眠鼠やまね
Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

Additional Examples

彼は不眠不休でその作品を仕上げた。
He finished his work without sleep or rest.tatoeba
彼は不眠症にかかりやすい。
He is subject to insomnia.tatoeba
彼は昼眠って夜働く。
He sleeps by day and works by night.tatoeba
京都の妙心寺に眠る。
He was buried in Myoshin-ji Temple in Kyoto.wiki
大徳寺黄梅院 (京都市)に眠る。
He was enshrined in Obai-in of Daitoku-ji Temple (Kyoto).wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Sleep. 目 (eye) + 民 (an eye with a closed lid) — closed eyes.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 眠

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step