Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1034 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold

Kunyomi: ね.る ね.かす い.ぬ みたまや や.める

Onyomi: シン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

室(しんしつ)   bedroom

時間(しゅうしんじかん)   bedtime

る(ねる)   sleep [v.i.]

かす(ねかす)   put to sleep [v.t.]

坊する(ねぼうする)   sleep in late

顔(ねがお)   sleeping face

Onyomi Examples

sleep

シング bedding, bedclothes

Kunyomi Examples

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.)

る子は育つ ねるこはそだつ sleep brings up a child well, a well-slept child is a well-kept child

かす ねかす to put to sleep, to lay (something) on its side