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眠

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 823 / 2,608

Sleep

On’yomi
みん
Kun’yomi
ねむ
Radical
目 Eye (Kangxi 109)

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

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

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 sleepyN4
眠る ねむる to sleepN4
眠たい ねむたい sleepyN1

眠 is rank 823 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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