寝 means “sleep, lie down”

ね.る · neru

Also: rest, bed

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ねる, ねかす, いぬ, みたまや, やめる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シン

Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

Under a roof (宀), a person lies on a bed: 寝 is the kanji of rest, of finally laying down the day. Japanese 寝室 (shinshitsu, bedroom) traditionally featured futons rolled out on tatami, the body cradled by the room itself.

Used in 寝室 (shinshitsu, bedroom), 寝坊 (nebou, oversleeping), and 昼寝 (hirune, nap)

Words with 寝

• 寝室 (しんしつ, shinshitsu): bedroom

Example sentences

• 昨日は早く寝ました。 I went to bed early yesterday.
• 寝室は二階にあります。 The bedroom is on the second floor.

More from Family & Home

• 窓 window
• 屋 roof
• 床 floor
• 壁 wall
• 畳 tatami mat
• 室 room
• 柱 pillar
• 家 house
• 親 parent
• 弟 younger brother
• 妹 younger sister
• 夫 husband

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.