The kanji 眠: meaning, readings and stroke order

眠

Meaning: sleep, sleepy
On reading: ミン min
Kun reading: ねむ（る） nemuru、ねむ（い） nemui
Strokes: 10
Radical: 目 eye
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngủ, buồn ngủ (miên)
Japanese: ねむる。ねむい。
Korean: 자다, 졸리다 (면·민)
Chinese: 睡、困

Readings, words and example sentences

ミン min · on reading · less common

すい眠みん
sleep
すい眠すいみんを十分にとります。
I get enough sleep.

ねむ（る） nemuru · kun reading

眠ねむる
to sleep
赤ちゃんがしずかに 眠ねむります。
The baby sleeps quietly.

ねむ（い） nemui · kun reading

眠ねむい
sleepy
今日は朝から 眠ねむいです。
I have been sleepy since this morning.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.