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睡
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

sleep

HSK 1 N1
Human →Body →Sense Organs
shuì
スイ
ねむ.る、ねむ.い
수
Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 垂 represents the sound.
Components
目 eye+ 垂 droop =
睡 sleep
目 Meaning component
mù eye
垂 Phonetic component
chuí droop
let down
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Notes
Similar Characters
盯 stare at盱 wide open eyes盲 blind盹 to doze盼 await hopefully省 economize眄 to look askance眇 blind in one eye眈 gloat看 look at県 county (jp)眍 sunken (simp)眎 view (archaic)眙 to gaze at眚 disease of the eyes眠 slumber眡 blurred sight眢 eyes without brightness眥 eye sockets (trad)眦 eye sockets (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
睡
Regular
Modern
Chinese
睡 [shuì]
to sleep; to lie down
Japanese
眠り 、 睡り (rare) ねむり 、 ねぶり (old) 同音

noun

  1. sleep; sleeping
  2. inactivity
  3. euphemistic death
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その音で彼女は眠りから覚めた。
The sound roused her from sleep.
CHINESE WORDS (62)
睡觉 [shuì​jiào] #780
to go to bed
睡觉 [shuì​jiào] #780
to go to bed
睡眠 [shuì​mián] #4,994
sleep
睡着 [shuì​zháo] #2,905
to fall asleep
睡着 [shuì​zháo] #2,905
to fall asleep
睡衣 [shuì​yī] #5,141
night clothes
入睡 [rù​shuì] #6,738
to fall asleep
睡醒 [shuì​xǐng] #17,267
to wake up
沉睡 [chén​shuì] #10,487
to be fast asleep
熟睡 [shú​shuì] #15,452
asleep
52 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (60)
⭐ 眠る [ねむる] #690
to sleep
⭐ 眠い [ねむい] #2,533
sleepy
⭐ 眠り [ねむり] #4,824
sleep
⭐ 眠気 [ねむけ] #6,346
sleepiness
⭐ 睡眠 [すいみん] #6,383
sleep
⭐ 居眠り [いねむり] #11,462
nodding off (while sitting)
⭐ 眠たい [ねむたい] #11,607
sleepy
⭐ 熟睡 [じゅくすい] #14,714
deep sleep
⭐ 麻酔 [ますい] #17,027
anaesthesia
睡魔 [すいま] #18,561
sleepiness
50 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
혼수 #31,607
deep sleep; sound sleep; sopor
오수
afternoon nap