Memory phrase for the character: 寝

寝

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Meaning

sleep, lie down, rest

Pronunciation

 SHIN
neru/kasu

Explanation

 Top: roof 宀, left: bed 丬 (image of a tree cut into half; cf. fragment 片,爿), right: "only one glove" (hand ヨ, only one cover 冖, further hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
Under a roof with a bed and only one glove is where I sleep.

Radicals

宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
丬 bedShows a sliced tree trunk. Is used in the trainer as "bed". Compare 片
just one gloveConsists of two hands ナ/ヨ and 又 whereby this hand 又 is under a cover 冖. In free interpretation, this is understood as “only one glove”.
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 Vocabulary

昼寝 ひるね  nap (at home), siesta
寝かせる ねかせる  to put to bed, to lay down
寝る ねる  to go to bed, to lie down, to sleep
寝台 しんだい  bed, couch
寝坊 ねぼう  sleeping in late
寝巻 ねまき  sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas
寝間着 ねまき  sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas
朝寝坊 あさねぼう  oversleeping, late riser
転寝 うたたね  dozing, napping on the floor (in one's clothes)

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