# 眠 — Sleep

Frequency rank 823 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 握 (Grip), less common than 毛 (Fur).

- On’yomi: みん
- Kun’yomi: ねむ
- Radical: 目 Eye (Kangxi 109)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

An eye on the left sees a person holding a weapon on the right -- the eye watches the armed person and slowly falls into sleep from the hypnotic weapon swaying.

In words:

- 眠い ねむい — sleepy
- 眠る ねむる — to sleep
- 眠たい ねむたい — sleepy

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