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Kanji Detail for 寢 - "sleep"

寢

  • Meaning

    寢 means "sleep." Also associated with bedroom, stop.

    1. Sleep - To rest; to slumber.

    2. Bedroom - A room for sleeping.

    3. Stop - To cease; to discontinue.

  • Tattoo check: 寢

    • Verified meaning: sleep
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: bedroom, stop

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sleep; rest; bed chamber

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sleep, rest; bed chamber

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest; (bound form) bedroom; (bound form) imperial tomb; (literary) to stop; to cease

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to sleep, to rest; bedroom

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Resting after the day's work is done. Such as 就寢. Sleep has set times, so when Zai Yu slept during the day, Confucius criticized him. See (Analects). | Hall and chamber. Without east and west wings but having chambers is called 寢. See (Erya). Also, any residence is called 寢. Such as the place for handling affairs called 正寢; the place for relaxation called 內寢. | Imperial tomb. Before the Three Dynasties, there were no grave sacrifices. Starting from Qin, 寢 were built beside tombs. Han followed Qin's system; above tombs all had 園寢. See (Records of the Grand Historian). | To cease. Such as when wind and tide have stopped, it's called 其事已寢. When a matter is not pursued, it's called 遂寢其議. | Ugly appearance. 寢 means short and small, like saying "not impressive." Also written as 侵. | [Character analysis] The top is from 宀, not from 穴.

  • Onyomi

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    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

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    inu(いぬ) いぬ

    mitamaya(みたまや) みたまや

    ne.kasu(ね-かす) ね-かす

    ne.ru(ね-る) ね-る

    ya.meru(や-める) や-める

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    sleep bedroom stop room chamber shrine ugly rest lie down cease doze dream halt hibernate nap pause repose siesta slumber

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