睡 shuì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- Made of
- 目 eye 垂 to hang, to dangle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
睡
shuì
to sleep
Character
Example phrases
- 他睡得很早。 Tā shuì de hěn zǎo. He goes to sleep very early.
- 我每天睡八个小时。 Wǒ měitiān shuì bā gè xiǎoshí. I sleep eight hours every day.
- 弟弟九点就睡了。 Dìdi jiǔ diǎn jiù shuì le. My younger brother was asleep by nine.