Meaning of 觉
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- a nap
- a sleep
Measure word: 場|场
- to feel
- to find that
- thinking
- awake
- aware
How to use 觉
Read as jiào, 觉 means a sleep or nap and mostly appears in 睡觉 (shuìjiào) or with a measure word like 一觉. Read as jué, it means to feel or be aware, as in 觉得 (juéde) and 感觉 (gǎnjué). Example: 我想睡一觉。(Wǒ xiǎng shuì yí jiào.) I want to take a nap.
The bottom part of 觉 is 见 (jiàn), to see. When you wake up from a sleep, your eyes open and you see again, so 觉 covers both a sleep and becoming aware.
Common mistake: Learners often read 觉得 as jiàode or 睡觉 as shuìjué. Remember that jiào is only for sleep, and jué is for feeling and awareness.
觉 in example sentences
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觉 jiào · a nap · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 觉.
| 觉得 | juéde | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 睡觉 | shuìjiào | to go to bed; to sleep |
| 感觉 | gǎnjué | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive |
| 自觉 | zìjué | to realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious of (sth relating to oneself); re |
| 发觉 | fājué | to become aware; to detect |
| 觉悟 | juéwù | to come to understand; to realize |
| 直觉 | zhíjué | intuition |
| 幻觉 | huànjué | illusion; hallucination |
| 察觉 | chájué | to sense; to perceive |
| 视觉 | shìjué | sight; vision |
| 觉醒 | juéxǐng | to awaken; to come to realize |
| 不知不觉 | bùzhī-bùjué | (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly |
Questions about 觉
What does 觉 mean?
觉 (jiào) means "a nap; a sleep" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 觉?
觉 is made of 1 character: 觉 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 觉 an HSK word?
Yes. 觉 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 觉 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 觉 is written 覺.
Why can 睡觉 be split, as in 睡了一个好觉?
睡觉 is a verb plus object word, so other words can go between 睡 and 觉. You can say 睡了一个好觉 (shuì le yí ge hǎo jiào), I had a good sleep.
What is the difference between 觉得 and 感觉?
Both can mean to feel or think. 觉得 (juéde) is more common in casual speech for opinions, while 感觉 (gǎnjué) can also be a noun meaning a feeling or sensation.