Kanji

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: sleep

Kunyomi: ね.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: roof

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ビゴ sleep-talking, nonsense

ゴビ being asleep and awake

ムビ asleep, dreaming

Kunyomi Examples

寝る ねる to sleep (lying down), to go to bed, to lie in bed, to lie down, to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse), to lie flat (e.g. of hair), to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.), to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)