睏

See also: 困

睏	U+774F, 睏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-774F

← 睎
[U+774E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

睐 →
[U+7750]

Translingual

Han character

睏 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月山田木 (BUWD), four-corner 6600₀, composition ⿰目困)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 809, character 21

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23411

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2491, character 5

Unihan data for U+774F

Chinese

trad.		睏
simp.		困^*
alternative forms		困瞓／𰥛 Cantonese coll. for “to sleep”

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 困 (OC *kʰuːns).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùn (kun⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³, fan³
Gan (Wiktionary): kun³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khun
(Meixian, Guangdong): kun⁴
Min Dong (BUC): káung
Min Nan (POJ): khùn
Wu (Wiktionary): khun (T1)
Xiang (Wiktionary): kun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴
  - Yale: kwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenn
  - Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan³, fan³
  - Yale: kwan, fan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³, fan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen³, fen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³/, /fɐn³³/

Note: fan3 - colloquial for “to sleep”.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: kun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰun²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khun
  - Hakka Romanization System: kun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn
  - Tâi-lô: khùn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quxn
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /kʰun²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: khun (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯə̯ɲ⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: kun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuən⁴⁵/

Definitions

睏

sleepy; tired
(dialectal) to sleep
- 今仔日月娘那這呢^[sic]光　照著阮歸暝攏袂當睏 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  今仔日月娘那这呢^[sic]光　照着阮归暝拢袂当困 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 蘇打綠 (sodagreen), 無眠 (No Sleep)
  Kin-á-li̍t goe̍h-niû ná hiah-nī kng, chiò-tio̍h gún kui-mî lóng bē-tang khùn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Why is the moon so bright today? It's shining so brightly, I can't sleep

Synonyms

(sleepy): (Cantonese) 眼瞓／眼𰥛, (Hokkien) 愛睏／爱困 (ài-khùn), (Teochew) 目澀／目涩
(to sleep):

Dialectal synonyms of 睡覺 (“to sleep”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢
Mandarin	Beijing	睡覺, 睡, 歇覺
	Taiwan	睡覺, 睡
	Ulanhot	睡覺
	Tongliao	睡覺
	Chifeng	睡覺
	Bayanhot	睡覺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	睡覺
	Yantai (Muping)	睡覺, 睡
	Weifang (Weicheng)	睏覺
	Weifang (Fangzi)	睏覺
	Weifang (Hanting)	睏覺
	Changyi	睏覺
	Gaomi	睏覺
	Zhucheng	睏覺
	Anqiu	睏覺
	Changle	睏覺
	Linqu	睏覺
	Qingzhou	睏覺
	Shouguang	睏覺
	Wulian	睏覺
	Jinan	睡覺
	Wanrong	睡
	Xi'an	睡覺, 睡
	Wuhan	睡瞌睡, 睡
	Chengdu	睡瞌睡
	Guiyang	睡瞌睡
	Guilin	睡覺
	Yangzhou	睡覺, 上蘇州 slang
	Nanjing	睡覺, 睡
	Hefei	睡覺
	Nantong	睏
	Malaysia	睡覺, 睡
	Singapore	睡覺, 睡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	睡
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	睡覺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish
	Hong Kong	瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	瞓覺
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	瞓覺
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	睡目
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	瞓覺
	Macau	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瞓
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瞓覺
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瞓, 睡
	Foshan	瞓覺
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Shunde)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瞓覺
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瞓覺
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瞇覺
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	瞓覺
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瞓覺
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瞓覺
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瞓覺
	Taishan	瞓覺, 瞓
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瞓覺
	Enping (Niujiang)	瞓覺
	Heshan (Yayao)	瞓覺
	Dongguan	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	瞓覺
	Yangjiang	瞓覺, 瞓
	Zhanjiang	瞓覺, 曬鋪
	Nanning	睡覺
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	睡覺
	Hepu (Shatian)	睡覺, 瞓覺
	Beihai	睡覺
	Beihai (Nankang)	睡覺
	Beihai (Yingpan)	睡覺
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	睡覺
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	瞓覺
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	睡覺
	Danzhou	閉眼
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	閉眼
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瞓覺
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瞓覺, 瞓
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	瞓覺
	Móng Cái	睡覺
Gan	Nanchang	睏覺, 睏
	Lichuan	睏覺, 睏
	Pingxiang	睏覺, 睏
Hakka	Meixian	睡目, 睡
	Xingning	睡目
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huiyang	睡目, 睡
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Huidong (Daling)	睡目
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	睡目, 睡覺
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	睡目
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	瞓
	Boluo (Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	睡目
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	睡目
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	睡目
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	睡目
	Wuhua (Changbu)	睡目
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	睡目
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	瞓, 瞓覺
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	瞓覺
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	睡覺
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	睡覺
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	睡
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	睡覺
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	睡眼
	Liannan	睡目
	Conghua (Lütian)	睡眼
	Jiexi	睡目
	Changting	睡目
	Wuping	睡目
	Wuping (Pingyu)	睡目
	Liancheng	睡目
	Ninghua	歇
	Yudu	歇眼, 打席
	Ruijin	歇眼
	Shicheng	歇, 睡
	Shangyou (Shexi)	歇覺
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	睡目
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	睡目
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	睡目
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	睡目, 睡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	睡目, 睡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	睡目, 睡
	Hong Kong	睡目
	Luchuan	睡覺
	Sabah (Longchuan)	睡目
	Senai (Huiyang)	睡目
	Kuching (Hepo)	睡目
	Singkawang	睡目
	Singapore (Dabu)	睡目
	Bangkok (Meixian)	睡目
Huizhou	Jixi	睏覺, 睏
	Shexian	睡
	Tunxi	睏
	Xiuning	睏
	Yixian	睏
	Qimen	睏
	Wuyuan	睏
Jin	Taiyuan	睡覺, 睡
	Taibus (Baochang)	睡覺
	Linhe	睡覺
	Jining	睡覺
	Baotou	睡覺
	Dongsheng	睡覺
	Haibowan	睡覺
Min Bei	Jian'ou	目䁒
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	目䁒
	Songxi	目䁒
	Zhenghe	目䁒
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	眠䁒
	Jianyang	目䁒
	Wuyishan	目䁒
	Pucheng (Shibei)	瞌眠
Min Dong	Fuzhou	睏, 睏眠
	Changle	睏
	Fuqing	睏
	Yongtai	睏
	Gutian	睏
	Fu'an	睏
	Ningde	睏
	Shouning	睏
	Zhouning	睏
	Fuding	睏
	Matsu	睏
	Manjung (Gutian)	睏眠
Min Nan	Xiamen	睏
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	睏
	Quanzhou	睏
	Shishi	睏
	Anxi	睏
	Zhangzhou	睏
	Pinghe	睏
	Zhao'an	睏
	Dongshan	睏
	Taipei	睏
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	睏
	Kaohsiung	睏
	Yilan	睏
	Changhua (Lukang)	睏
	Taichung	睏
	Taichung (Wuqi)	睏
	Tainan	睏
	Taitung	睏
	Hsinchu	睏
	Kinmen	睏
	Penghu (Magong)	睏
	Penang (Hokkien)	睏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	睏
	Manila (Hokkien)	睏
	Medan (Hokkien)	睏
	Zhangping	睏
	Datian	睏
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	睏覺
	Chaozhou	夗
	Shantou	夗
	Shantou (Chenghai)	夗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	夗
	Jieyang	夗
	Haifeng	睏
	Bangkok (Teochew)	夗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	夗
	Singapore (Teochew)	夗
	Leizhou	瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇
	Wenchang	瞌, 偃瞌
	Haikou	瞌, 偃瞌
	Qionghai	瞌, 偃瞌
	Singapore (Hainanese)	瞌
Puxian Min	Putian	睏
Puxian Min	Xianyou	睏
Min Zhong	Yong'an	倒眠
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	瞇
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	瞇, 瞇覺
Shehua	Fu'an	眠
	Fuding	眠
	Luoyuan	眠
	Shunchang	眠
	Cangnan	眠
	Jingning	眠
Wu	Shanghai	睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	睏
	Suzhou	睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang
	Wuxi	睏覺
	Danyang	睏覺, 睏
	Hangzhou	睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	睏覺, 睏
	Ningbo	睏覺, 睏
	Wenzhou	睏
	Jinhua	睏褥, 睏
Xiang	Changsha	睏覺, 睏
	Loudi	睏覺, 睏
	Shuangfeng	睏眼閉, 睏覺
	Quanzhou	睡覺

Compounds

愛睏／爱困 (àikùn)
歇睏／歇困
犯睏／犯困 (fànkùn)
睏倦／困倦 (kùnjuàn)

睏夢／困梦
睏憊／困惫
睏眠／困眠

睏衣裳／困衣裳
睏衫／困衫
睏覺／困觉 (kùnjiào)

References

“Entry #8790”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
“睏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

睏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): こん (kon)

Kun: ねむる (nemuru)

Vietnamese

Han character

睏: Hán Nôm readings: khốn

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