Chinese symbol for “asleep”

熟睡

shú shuì

asleep; sleeping soundly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for asleep is 熟睡 (shú shuì), defined as: asleep; sleeping soundly.

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Characters and stroke order

熟 shú

well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with

radical 86 ⽕ · 15 strokes

睡 shuì

to sleep, to doze

radical 109 ⽬ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 熟睡.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
成熟	chéng shú	mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen
熟悉	shú xī	to be familiar with; to know well
熟练 (熟練)	shú liàn	practiced; proficient
熟知	shú zhī	to be well acquainted with
熟人	shú rén	acquaintance; friend
熟女	shú nǚ	stylish and confident middle-aged woman
睡觉 (睡覺)	shuì jiào	to go to bed; to sleep
睡眠	shuì mián	sleep; to sleep

See also: Japanese symbol for “asleep”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.