寝

See also: 寢

寝 U+5BDD, 寝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BDD ← 寜 [U+5BDC] CJK Unified Ideographs 寞 → [U+5BDE]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

寝 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十中一水 (JLME), composition ⿱宀⿰丬𠬶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 290, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7278
• Dae Jaweon: page 574, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 946, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5BDD

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 寝 – see 寢 (“to sleep; to lie down; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 寢).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai	寝
Kyūjitai	寢

寝

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 寢)

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: ねる (neru, 寝る, Jōyō)、ねかす (nekasu, 寝かす, Jōyō)、みたまや (mitamaya, 寝)、やめる (yameru, 寝める)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
寝
ね Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
寢 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese.

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of classical verb 寝 (nu, see below), modern 寝る (neru, “to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ね [nè] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ne̞]

Noun

寝(ね) • (ne) 

1. sleep, sleeping

   Synonyms: 睡眠 (suimin), 眠り (nemuri)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 寝(ね)かす (nekasu), 寝(ね)かせる (nekaseru)
• 寝(ね)さす (nesasu)
• 寝(ね)す (nesu), 寝(ね)せる (neseru)
• 寝(な)す (nasu)
• 塒(ねぐら) (negura, “roost”)
• 寝相(ねぞう) (nezō)
• 寝(ね)床(どこ) (nedoko)
• 寝(ね)所(どこ) (nedoko)
• 寝(ね)所(どころ) (nedokoro)
• 寝坊(ねぼう) (nebō)
• 寝(ね)技(わざ), 寝(ね)業(わざ) (newaza)
• 朝(あさ)寝(ね) (asane)
• 転(うたた)寝(ね) (utatane)
• 転(ごろ)寝(ね) (gorone)
• 空(そら)寝(ね) (sorane)
• 早(はや)寝(ね) (hayane)
• 昼(ひる)寝(ね) (hirune)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
寝
ぬ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
寢 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese.

Alternative forms

• 寐

Verb

寝(ぬ) • (nu) intransitive ^†nidan

1. (archaic) to sleep

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "寝" (ナ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	寝	ね	ne
Continuative (連用形)	寝	ね	ne
Terminal (終止形)	寝	ぬ	nu
Attributive (連体形)	寝る	ぬる	nuru
Realis (已然形)	寝れ	ぬれ	nure
Imperative (命令形)	寝よ	ねよ	neyo
Key constructions
Negative	寝ず	ねず	nezu
Contrasting conjunction	寝れど	ぬれど	nuredo
Causal conjunction	寝れば	ぬれば	nureba
Conditional conjunction	寝ば	ねば	neba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	寝き	ねき	neki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	寝けり	ねけり	nekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	寝つ	ねつ	netu
Perfect tense (natural event)	寝ぬ	ねぬ	nenu
Perfect-continuative tense	寝たり	ねたり	netari
Volitional	寝む	ねむ	nemu

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 寝(ね)る (neru), modern form
• 寝(ね)覚(ざ)め (nezame)
• 不(ね)寝(ず)の番(ばん) (nezu no ban), 不(ね)寝(ず)番(ばん) (nezuban)
• 寝(い)ぬ (inu)
• 率寝(いぬ) (inu)
• さ寝(ぬ) (sanu)
• さ寝(ね)さ寝(ぬ) (sanesanu)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
寝
い Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
寢 (kyūjitai)

⟨i₁⟩ → */ji/ → /i/

From Old Japanese.

Noun

寝(い) • (i) 

1. (obsolete) sleep, sleeping
   • c. late 9th–mid-10th century, Taketori Monogatari (page 5)

     そのあたりの垣(かき)にも、家(いへ)の門(もん)にも、をる人(ひと)だにたはやすく見(み)るまじき物(もの)を、夜(よ)るはやすき寝(い)も寝(ね)ず、闇(やみ)の夜(よ)に出(いで)て、穴(あな)をくじり、かひ間見(まみ)、まどひあへり。

     Sono atari no kaki ni mo, ie no mon ni mo, oru hito dani tawayasuku miru majiki mono o, yoru^[sic] hayasuki i mo nezu, yami no yo ni idete^[sic], ana o kujiri, kai^[sic]mami, madoiaeri.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 寝(い)穢(ぎたな)い (igitanai)
• 寝(い)ぬ (inu)
• 寝(い)も寝(ね)ず (i mo nezu)
• 夢(ゆめ) (yume)
• 安(やさ)寝(い) (yasai)
• 朝(あさ)寝(い) (asai)
• 長(なが)寝(い), 長(なが)眠(い) (nagai)
• 夜寝(よい) (yoi)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
寝
しん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
寢 (kyūjitai)

/sim/ → /simʉ/ → /ɕimʉ/ → /ɕiɴ/

From Middle Chinese 寢 (MC tshimX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

Noun

寝(しん) • (shin) 

1. sleep, sleeping

Derived terms

• 不寝番(ふしんばん) (fushinban)

Affix

寝(しん) • (shin) 

1. sleep, sleeping
2. inner parlor/parlour, living room

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 寝(しん)具(ぐ) (shingu)
• 寝(しん)室(しつ) (shinshitsu)
• 寝(しん)所(じょ) (shinjo)
• 寝(しん)食(しょく) (shinshoku)
• 寝(しん)台(だい) (shindai)
• 寝(しん)殿(でん) (shinden)
• 就(しゅう)寝(しん) (shūshin)
• 正(せい)寝(しん) (seishin)
• 昼(ちゅう)寝(しん) (chūshin)

Korean

Hanja

寝 • (chim) (hangeul 침, revised chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'im)

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