Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

寝: lie down, sleep

Also: rest, bed, remain unsold

JLPT N313 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · ⺦, ⺕, 冖 and 又 are drawn in

13 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 寝室しんしつbedroom
  • 就寝時間しゅうしんじかんbedtime

ねるneru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 寝るねるsleep [v.i.]
  • 寝坊するねぼうするsleep in late
  • 寝顔ねがおsleeping face

ねかすnekasu · kun'yomi

  • 寝かすねかすput to sleep [v.t.]

Also read いぬ, みたまや, やめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
More in the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

All 41
⺦

Also built on ⺦

⺕

Also built on ⺕

15 in all
冖

Also built on cover (冖)

All 21
又

Also built on again (又)

All 20

Also read シン

38 kanji share this on'yomiAll 38
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 寢 · qǐn

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 寝. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 寢.

Simplified
寝 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
寢 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qǐn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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