寝
Lie Down
On’yomi: しん
Kun’yomi: ね
Radicals: Helmet + Nailbat + Wolverine + Forehead
Meaning: Lie Down
You’re wearing a helmet and wielding a modified nailbat, but Wolverine can still stab you in the forehead while sitting in a stool, causing you to lie down. Nothing can protect you from Wolverine, not even a helmet and a nailbat, not even a specially designed modified nailbat like this one. You think you might be safe because he’s sitting in a stool, but no, he still manages to stab you in the forehead. Not you have to lie down because you’re too wounded to stand.
Feel the pain in your forehead as you lie down. Wolverine just stabbed you in the brain. It hurts. Feel the blood flow over your face as you lie down in agony. (Remember it’s a modified nailbat as the nailbat radical in this kanji is slightly modified.)
Reading: ね
You hear a horse neigh (ね) in the distance, followed by the sound of galloping approaching you. This can’t be good. All you want to do is lie down and nurse your wounds, but there appears to be a horse charging at you. Wolverine is riding it. You hear another neigh as the horse draws closer.
All you want to do is lie down, because you got stabbed in the forehead. Now imagine yourself getting trampled by a horse. Hear Wolverine laugh and the horse neigh as you get trampled by the mad horse.
Related Vocabulary
寝る ねる To Lie Down
昼寝 ひるね Nap
- 昼 (Noon) + 寝 (Lie Down)
寝不足 ねぶそく Lack Of Sleep
- 寝 (Lie Down) + 不 (Not) + 足 (Foot)
寝坊 ねぼう Oversleep
- 寝 (Lie Down) + 坊 (Boy)