睏
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See also: 困
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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
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 困 (OC *kʰuːns).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan3 / fan3
- Gan (Wiktionary): kun3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): káung
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khùn
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1khuen
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kun4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kùn
- Wade–Giles: kʻun4
- Yale: kwùn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenn
- Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: fan3 - colloquial for “to sleep”.
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: kun3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰun²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khun
- Hakka Romanization System: kun
- Hagfa Pinyim: kun4
- Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: kun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/
- (Changsha)
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.]
- 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
今仔日月娘那这呢[sic]光 照着阮归暝拢袂当困 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
Synonyms
- (sleepy):
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睏 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 睏 |
| Taiwan | 睏 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 睏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睏, 瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 伏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瞌睡 |
| 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 |
| Wenzhou | 軟, 軟場 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 墜 |
| Shuangfeng | 眼閉 | |
- (to sleep):
Compounds
References
- “Entry #8790”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (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), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Kanji
睏
- to sleep; be sleepy, drowsy
- to die
Readings
Han character
睏: Hán Nôm readings: khốn
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