Kanji N3

寝: lie down, sleep, rest

寝 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning lie down, sleep, rest, written with 13 strokes. It is read シン (on) and ねる, ねかす, いぬ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 寝る (ねる, to sleep) and 寝坊 (ねぼう, sleeping in late).

寝

Meanings

  • lie down
  • sleep
  • rest
  • bed
  • remain unsold
Strokes13
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1034 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ねる
  • ねかす
  • いぬ
  • みたまや
  • やめる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 寝

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 寝るねる

    to sleep (lying down)

    JLPT N5
  • 寝坊ねぼう

    sleeping in late; oversleeping

    JLPT N4
  • 昼寝ひるね

    (afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

    JLPT N2
  • 寝台しんだい

    bed; couch

    JLPT N2
  • 寝かせるねかせる

    to put to bed; to let sleep

    JLPT N1
  • 寝間着ねまき

    nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas

    JLPT N2
  • 朝寝坊あさねぼう

    sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in

    JLPT N1
  • 寝室しんしつ

    bedroom

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.