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眠 = 民 + 目

眠 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sleep”. It is built from 民 (people) and 目 (eye). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1977.

Keyword
sleep
RTK frame
1977
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ミン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ねむ.る, ねむ.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
спать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
眠 close eyes

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 民 people
  2. 目 eye

How to find 眠 without knowing its reading

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

Open 眠 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.