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 Dictionary: 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 / 形声) : 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
Eastern Min (BUC): káung
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kong⁴ / kuong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khùn
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khuen
Xiang (Changsha, 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): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khun
  - Hakka Romanization System: kun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔŋ⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: kuong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuoŋ⁴²/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹khuen
  - MiniDict: khuen^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khun
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: kun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

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 ^[sic] 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):

Dialectal synonyms of 睏 (“sleepy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		睏
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	睏
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	睏
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	睏
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	睏, 瞌睡
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	伏
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	瞌睡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	瞌睡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	眼瞓
	Hong Kong	眼瞓
	Taishan	眼瞓
	Yangjiang	眼瞓, 疓
Gan	Nanchang	瞌
Hakka	Meixian	𤸁, 睏
Jin	Taiyuan	睏, 瞌睡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	討目䁒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	睶
Southern Min	Xiamen	厭𤺪, 目澀
	Quanzhou	目澀
	Zhangzhou	目澀
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛睏
	Chaozhou	目澀
	Jieyang	目澀
	Leizhou	目澀
Wu	Suzhou	睏乃
Wu	Wenzhou	軟, 軟場
Xiang	Changsha	墜
Xiang	Shuangfeng	眼閉

(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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	睡覺, 睡, 歇覺
	Taiwan	睡覺, 睡
	Ulanhot	睡覺
	Tongliao	睡覺
	Chifeng	睡覺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	睡覺
	Malaysia	睡覺, 睡
	Singapore	睡覺, 睡
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	睡覺
Jilu Mandarin	Weifang (Weicheng)	睏覺
	Weifang (Fangzi)	睏覺
	Changle	睏覺
	Shouguang	睏覺
	Wulian	睏覺
	Jinan	睡覺
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	睡覺, 睡
	Weifang (Hanting)	睏覺
	Changyi	睏覺
	Gaomi	睏覺
	Zhucheng	睏覺
	Anqiu	睏覺
	Linqu	睏覺
	Qingzhou	睏覺
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	睡
	Xi'an	睡覺, 睡
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	睡
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	睡覺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	睡瞌睡
	Wuhan	睡瞌睡, 睡
	Guiyang	睡瞌睡
	Guilin	睡覺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	睡覺, 睡
	Yangzhou	睡覺, 上蘇州 slang
	Nantong	睏
	Hefei	睡覺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記
	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, Xiangzhou)	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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
	Huangshan (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
Northern Min	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
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	睏, 睏眠
	Fuzhou (Changle)	睏
	Fuqing	睏
	Yongtai	睏
	Gutian	睏
	Fu'an	睏
	Ningde	睏
	Shouning	睏
	Zhouning	睏
	Fuding	睏
	Matsu	睏
	Sitiawan (Gutian)	睏眠
Southern Min	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
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	夗
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	睏
	Jieyang	夗, 死瞌
	Puning	夗
	Haifeng	睏, 夗
	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
Central Min	Yong'an	倒眠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	瞇
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	瞇, 瞇覺
Shehua	Fu'an	眠
	Fuding	眠
	Luoyuan	眠
	Shunchang	眠
	Cangnan	眠
	Jingning (Hexi)	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, 睡覺
	Loudi	睏覺, 睏
	Shuangfeng	睏眼閉, 睏覺
	Quanzhou	睡覺

Compounds

References

“Entry #8790”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
“睏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

睏

(Hyōgai kanji)

to sleep; be sleepy, drowsy
to die

Readings

On (unclassified): こん (kon)
Kun: ねむる (nemuru)

Vietnamese

Han character

睏: Hán Nôm readings: khốn

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