EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 22
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to sleep (lying down)

    see 眠る

    赤ん坊は1日中寝ていた。
    The baby was sleeping all day long.
  2. to go to bed; to lie in bed

  3. to lie down

  4. to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse)

  5. to lie flat (e.g. of hair)

  6. to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

  7. to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)

Also written 寐る【ねる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold

Kun
ね.るね.かすい.ぬみたまやや.める
On
シン
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1034 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 22

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-10SKIP code
3m10.1The Kanji Dictionary
3014.7Four corner code
767deroo
5bddUnicode hex code
1-31-18JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1326Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1353New Nelson (John Haig)
2329New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2925Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1503Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2034Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1150Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1233Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1079A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1976Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
918Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7278PMorohashi
1441A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1079Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1127Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
473Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1620Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
127Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
493Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1158Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qin3Pinyin reading
chimKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
22WaniKani level