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眠 means 'sleep'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 871   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-19    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 32    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 26 words   Used in 98 words   Used in 38 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ミン
Kun
   ねむる to sleep   ねむい sleepy
Additional readings
Name    ね
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 眠 - click the badge to download
Find out about famous sleepers in literature. See what it means when "even plants are sleeping." Learn terms for sound and disturbed sleep, insomnia, drowsiness, and dozing. On the figurative side, find out how 眠 connects to unused bank accounts, hypnosis, silkworms, and death. Also learn to say, "I’m a light sleeper," "I wish I had enough time to sleep," and "Sleep is better than medicine."
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Components
⿰  目 eye  民 people  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 眠 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 眠 is used 92 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ミン : 61 words FIND ALL
す い み ん 0
sleep
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ねむる : 30 words FIND ALL
ね む る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
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ねむる (read as ねむり) : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: ネムリブカ
noun
whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark)  (see also: ホワイトチップリーフシャーク; often written with kana only)
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An additional ねむ.い less common words include 眠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1842  Joy o' Kanji : 1842  Key to Kanji: 994 

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眠
ミン   ねむる to sleep   ねむい sleepy   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
民
ミン   たみ people   
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