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觉覺 jué, jiào — (jué) to feel, to sense; to become aware, to realise; (jiào) sleep, a spell of sleeping

jué (second tone, rising) jiào (fourth tone, falling)

2 readings — the first is the most common.

Traditional: 覺

(jué) to feel, to sense; to become aware, to realise; (jiào) sleep, a spell of sleeping

9 strokesRadical 見Frequency #156
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Pinyin

  • jué (second tone, rising)most common
  • jiào (fourth tone, falling)

(jué) to feel, to sense; to become aware, to realise; (jiào) sleep, a spell of sleeping

Character breakdown

Ideographic description

⿳⺍冖见The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.

  • ⺍shape partno entry yetThe same three short strokes that top 学: two hands over crossed tally sticks in the traditional 覺.
  • 冖shape partno entry yetThe cover, as in 学: the roof of the room where it happens.
  • 见meaning partno entry yetSeeing — an eye on legs. To become aware of something is to see it.

Mnemonic

Take 学 and swap the child 子 at the bottom for the eye-on-legs 见: where 学 is a child being taught, 觉 is a person coming to see for himself. Two readings, both common. 觉得 juéde is to feel or to think, 感觉 a feeling; and 睡觉 shuìjiào is to sleep — a verb plus its object, which is why "sleep for two hours" is 睡两个小时的觉.

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

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