睡
to sleep; to lie down
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,304 U+7761
How 睡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “eye”) + 垂 (phonetic, chuí)
How to remember it
sleep · Heisig RSH #1243
目 eye + 垂 droop
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 垂
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 垂 (chuí) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂 sound component | chuí | to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near |
| 锤 | chuí | hammer |
| 唾 | tuò | to spit; to spit on; saliva |
| 捶 | chuí | to beat, to lash, to strike with a cane |
| 棰 | chuí | to whip, to flog |
| 埵 | duǒ | hardened dirt or clay; cluster |
| 陲 | chuí | frontier, border |
Words containing 睡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 睡美人 | Shuì měi rén | Sleeping Beauty |
| 睡过头 | shuì guò tóu | to oversleep |
| 睡得着 | shuì de zháo | to fall asleep; to get to sleep |
| 席地而睡 | xí dì ér shuì | to sleep on the ground |
| 小睡 | xiǎo shuì | to nap; to doze |
| 安睡 | ān shuì | to sleep soundly |
| 睡相 | shuì xiàng | sleeping posture |
| 睡意 | shuì yì | sleepiness |
| 发作性嗜睡病 | fā zuò xìng shì shuì bìng | narcolepsy |
| 好睡 | hǎo shuì | good night |
| 入睡 | rù shuì | to fall asleep |
| 早睡早起 | zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ | early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours |
| 睡梦中 | shuì mèng zhōng | in one's sleep |
| 吃喝拉撒睡 | chī hē lā sā shuì | (coll.) eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping; the mundane necessities of e… |
| 装睡 | zhuāng shuì | to pretend to be asleep |
| 洗洗睡 | xǐ xǐ shuì | to have a shower and go to bed; (fig.) (slang) (neologism) (often sarcastic) to give up on… |
| 睡房 | shuì fáng | bedroom |
| 安睡裤 | ān shuì kù | disposable period underwear (esp. for overnight use) |
| 睡着 | shuì zháo | to fall asleep |
| 睡衣 | shuì yī | night clothes; pajamas |