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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

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.

WordPinyinMeaning
成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen
熟悉shú xīto be familiar with; to know well
熟练 (熟練)shú liànpracticed; proficient
熟知shú zhīto be well acquainted with
熟人shú rénacquaintance; friend
熟女shú nǚstylish and confident middle-aged woman
睡觉 (睡覺)shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep
睡眠shuì miánsleep; 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.

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