寝

Meaning

Sleep, lie down · dormir, acostarse

Readings

• On (音読み): シン
• Kun (訓読み): ね.る・ね.かす

Example words

• 寝る（ねる）— to sleep; go to bed
• 寝坊（ねぼう）— oversleeping
• 寝室（しんしつ）— bedroom

Structure

Radical 宀 (うかんむり · Roof) · 13 strokes · secondary-school kanji

Watch out

寝る is both acostarse and dormir: 早く寝る = go to bed early; 眠る is strictly being asleep. Sleepy is 眠い (ねむい), never ×寝い. Roof (宀) over a bed (丬) and a broom (帚).