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睡

睡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ねむる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「目」+音符「垂」。「ねむる」を意味する漢語｛睡｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

drowsy, sleep, die

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スイJHS
Kun (native)
  • ねむ(る)
  • ねむ(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音shui4
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtThụy

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
目(め)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7761

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰目垂

Words using this kanji

  • 睡眠すいみん（すいみん）眠ること。眠り。 （すいめん）心の鈍重さ。心をくらくすること。ののうち、のひとつ（ウィキペディア「五位」も参照）。sleep
  • 睡魔すいま眠気が起きることを悪魔の力に例えたもの。sleepiness, drowsiness, the sandman, Morpheus
  • 睡蓮すいれんスイレン。water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea), pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
  • 睡姦すいかん相手の意識がない状態で性行為にこと。having sex with a sleeping person
  • 睡眠剤すいみんざいsleeping tablet
  • 睡眠薬すいみんやく中枢神経系の興奮などを抑制し眠りを誘発する薬剤の総称。催眠剤。sleeping pill, sleep medication
  • 睡眠病すいみんびょうsleeping sickness, sleeping disease
  • 睡眠圧すいみんあつsleep pressure
  • 睡眠不足すいみんぶそく睡眠が十分にとれていないこと。寝不足。lack of sleep, sleep deprivation
  • 睡眠時間すいみんじかん(one's) sleeping hours, hours of sleep
  • 睡眠周期すいみんしゅうきsleep cycle
  • 睡眠発作すいみんほっさnarcolepsy
  • 睡眠預金すいみんよきんinactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)
  • 睡眠障害すいみんしょうがいsleep disorder
  • 睡眠学習すいみんがくしゅうhypnopaedia, hypnopedia, sleep-learning
  • 睡眠負債すいみんふさい日々の睡眠不足が積み重なり、それを解消できずに病気の危険が高まっている状態を負債に例えた表現。sleep debt, sleep deficit
  • 睡眠遮断すいみんしゃだんsleep deprivation
  • 睡眠麻痺すいみんまひsleep paralysis
  • 睡眠導入剤すいみんどうにゅうざいsleep inducing drug
  • 睡眠を取るすいみんをとるto get sleep, to sleep

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-8
Four Corner
6201.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c8.2
Heisig
1707
Nelson
3149