Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: sleep, die, sleepy

Kunyomi: ねむ.る ねむ.い

Onyomi: ミン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: めへん

Meaning: eye

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

(すいみん)   sleep [n.]

時間(すいみんじかん)   time spent sleeping

症(ふみんしょう)   insomnia

術(さいみんじゅつ)   hypnotism

する(とうみんする)   hibernate

い(ねむい)   be sleepy

気(ねむけ)   drowsiness

る(ねむる)   sleep

Onyomi Examples

ミンザイ sleeping pills

トウミン hibernation, winter sleep, torpor

アンミン sound sleep, good sleep, quiet sleep

Kunyomi Examples

ねむる to sleep, to die, to rest (in peace), to lie (buried), to sleep (in the grave), to lie idle (e.g. of resources), to lie unused, to lie untapped, to lie untouched, to close one's eyes

ねむい sleepy, drowsy, somnolent