HSK 1 · Daily routine

睡觉

shuì jiào

to sleep

Stroke order of 睡觉

2 characters, 22 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

睡 · 13 strokes觉 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

Your eye "目" droops "垂" shut and you stop seeing "见": time to sleep.

Parts: 睡 sleep (目 eye + 垂 droop) + 觉 sleep; feel (⺍ + 冖 + 见 see)

The characters in 睡觉

睡 shuì — to sleep (13 strokes)

Example sentence

我十点睡觉。

I go to bed at ten o'clock.

Words with 睡

睡to sleep 午睡afternoon nap

Words with 觉

觉得to think; to feel 感觉to feel; feeling 自觉conscious; on one's own initiative

More words: Daily routine

起床to get up 起to get up; to rise 起来to get up; to rise 睡to sleep 穿to wear; to put on 衣服clothes 休息to rest 住to live (somewhere)放to put; to place 拿to take; to hold 找to look for 找到to find

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