Chinese Character 睡 Meanings and components.

Form

睡

Meaning

睡 meaning[3] in English

To Sleep.

To Lie Down.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 睡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are eye (目) , and to hang (down) (垂)

Its radical[1] is: 目 (mu4) which means: Eye, Item, Section, List, Catalogue, Table Of Contents, Order (Taxonomy), Goal, Name, Title, .目mu4eye

In cangjie it is written with BUHJM

How to write 睡

To write睡shui4to sleep you should write a combination of 目mu4eye , 垂chui2to hang … arranged in a 吅 shape:

目 + 垂 = 睡

睡 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 睡 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 睡, looks as follow:

睡
Pinyin:shui4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Sleep . To Lie Down
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
垂
Pinyin:chui2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Hang (Down) . Droop . Dangle . Bend Down . Hand Down . Bequeath . Nearly . Almost . To Approach

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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