漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
睡: drowsy, sleep
Also: die
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
目 carries the meaning · 垂 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
スイsui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 睡眠すいみん
- 一睡いっすいwink of sleep; snooze; doze
- 熟睡じゅくすいdeep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
- 睡魔すいまsleepiness; drowsiness
Also read ねむる, ねむい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)目 eye (meaning) + 垂 (sound)
Sleep.
Source: Wiktionary, 睡 (rev. 91673090), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Eye (目) + drooping/hanging (垂). When the "eyes" begin to "droop" and hang low—the physical state of being sleepy or falling into deep sleep.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side睡 drowsy · 目
vs唾 saliva · 口In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shuì
Same form: 睡 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 睡 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 睡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shuì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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