Chinese symbol for “sleepy”
困
kùn
Traditional: 睏
sleepy; tired
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sleepy is 困 (kùn), defined as: sleepy; tired.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sleepy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昏昏欲睡 | hūn hūn yù shuì | drowsy; sleepy (idiom) |
| 眼瞓 | yǎn fèn | sleepy (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 困 (kùn) |
| 想睡 | xiǎng shuì | drowsy; sleepy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 困.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 贫困 (貧困) | pín kùn | impoverished; poverty |
| 困境 | kùn jìng | predicament; plight |
| 困扰 (困擾) | kùn rǎo | to perplex; to disturb |
| 困惑 | kùn huò | bewildered; perplexed |
| 被困 | bèi kùn | to be trapped; to be stranded |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sleepy”.
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.