13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 9th grade
JLPT exam level N1

drowsy, sleep, die

Kun'yomi
  • to sleep ②to die ③to lie idle (e.g. of resources) ④to close one's eyes
  • sleepy
On'yomi
  • スイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ねむねむ 57.6%
スイ 42.4%

Character Breakdown

drowsy, sleep, die
ねむ.る スイ (9th, N1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
droop, suspend, hang
た.れる スイ たる (6th, N1)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

wink of sleep
coma ②deep sleep
sleeping like a log
sleepiness ②the sandman
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea) ②pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
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References

Unicode hex code 7761
JIS X 0208 1-31-71
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3149
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3948
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1200
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1535
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 813
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1108
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1583
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1707
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1742
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1521
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 23448
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1459
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1071
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1118
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1562
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1650
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 977
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1389
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1597
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5c8.2
Four corner code 6201.4
De Roo Code 3972