EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 29
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to sleep

    see 寝る

    もし眠るといけないので目覚し時計をセットしなさい。
    In case you sleep, set the alarm.
  2. to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)

  3. to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched

  4. to close one's eyes

    Archaic

Also written 睡る【ねむる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sleep, die, sleepy

Kun
ねむ.る、ねむ.い
On
ミン
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1315 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 27

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Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-5-5SKIP code
5c5.2The Kanji Dictionary
6704.7Four corner code
3956deroo
7720Unicode hex code
1-44-18JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3132Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3925New Nelson (John Haig)
1147New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1474Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
782Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1061Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1835Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1977Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1298A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1376Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1144Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23240Morohashi
1842A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
849Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
868Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
762Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1371Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
978Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.17busy_people
1386Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1852Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mian2Pinyin reading
myeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level