Japanese symbol for “crashed”

ガン寝

ガンね

Romaji: ganne

fast asleep; bombed; crashed

In Japanese, crashed is ガン寝, read ガンね (ganne).

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Meanings

n fast asleep; bombed; crashed

Kanji and stroke order

寝

lie down, sleep, rest

on: シン
kun: ね.る、ね.かす、い.ぬ、みたまや

13 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
寝る	ねる neru	to sleep (lying down)
寝室	しんしつ shinshitsu	bedroom
昼寝	ひるね hirune	(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
寝台	しんだい shindai	bed; couch
寝不足	ねぶそく nebusoku	lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
就寝	しゅうしん shuushin	going to bed; retiring (for the night)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.