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睡 = 垂 + 目

睡 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “drowsy”. It is built from 垂 (droop) and 目 (eye). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1707.

Keyword
drowsy
RTK frame
1707
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
スイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ねむ.る, ねむ.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сонливый
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
睡 sleep

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 垂 droop
  2. 目 eye

How to find 睡 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “droop” + “eye”. 睡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 睡 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.