觉 (jué): to feel, to sleep

觉 (jué) is a Chinese character meaning “to feel, to sleep.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺍ (phonetic), 冖 (structural) and 见 (semantic). It ranks #327 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 觉 see. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to feel, to sleep

Etymology & Origin

觉

pictophoneticsee

Decomposition: ⿳⺍冖见 (layout: top-middle-bottom)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 觉

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
觉得verbjué deto think that ...1
感觉noun/verbgǎn juéfeeling4
睡觉verbshuì jiàoto go to bed1
视觉nounshì juésight6
自觉verb/adjectivezì juéto realize5
听觉nountīng juésense of hearing6
味觉nounwèi juésense of taste6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
直觉nounzhí juéintuition
幻觉nounhuàn juéillusion
察觉verbchá juéto sense
发觉verbfā juéto become aware
知觉nounzhī juéperception
嗅觉nounxiù juésense of smell
错觉nouncuò juémisconception
警觉adjectivejǐng juéto be on guard
不知不觉phrasebù zhī bù jué(idiom) unconsciously
觉察verbjué cháto sense
不觉verbbù juéunconsciously
觉醒verbjué xǐngto awaken
觉悟verbjué wùto come to understand
午觉nounwǔ jiàosiesta
触觉nounchù juésense of touch
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Total compounds
6
As first character
71
As last character
23
As middle character

觉 appears in 69 compound words: 6 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 觉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

视shì
0.56214,564 co-occurrences
睡shuì
0.5512,643 co-occurrences
嗅xiù
0.533870 co-occurrences
感gǎn
0.51414,892 co-occurrences
听tīng
0.4922,100 co-occurrences
醒xǐng
0.4803,488 co-occurrences
得dé
0.46916,641 co-occurrences
悟wù
0.451912 co-occurrences
幻huàn
0.4501,808 co-occurrences
错cuò
0.430908 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (7)

不明觉厉bùmíngjuélìHSK 4+

Although I don't know what you are saying or doing, I think you are (or it is) amazing.

phrase
不知不觉bùzhī-bùjuéHSK 1+

unconsciously; unwittingly

phrase
感觉器官gǎn jué qì guānHSK 6+

sense organs; the five senses

phrase
后知后觉hòuzhīhòujuéHSK 1+

to only become aware of something after it has happened

phrase
累觉不爱lèijuébù'àiHSK 2+

to feel too tired to love any more

phrase
先知先觉xiān zhī xiān juéHSK 1+

having foresight; a person of foresight

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Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 觉.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我觉得这个方案可行,但需要进一步讨论细节。

Wǒ juéde zhè gè fāng'àn kěxíng, dàn xūyào jìnyíbù tǎolùn xìjié.

I think this plan is feasible, but further discussion of details is needed.

NewsFeb 2026

睡觉太亮恐影响健康?医点名3类人风险高

shuì jué tài liàng kǒng yǐng xiǎng jiàn kāng ? yī diǎn míng lèi rén fēng xiǎn gāo

Sleeping in Bright Light May Harm Your Health? Doctors Identify 3 High-Risk Groups

NewsFeb 2026

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. . . róu měi zhōng yú jiě dòng huò guò bǎi fěn sī zhī chí zhōng fěn lì chēng 唔 jué dé xì 咩 hǎo dà jiàn shì

Ruo Mei finally thaws out with over a hundred fans supporting her Loyal fans stand by her: "Don't see what the big deal is"

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...吉爆竹爆炸导致右眼失明 7年过去少年仍感觉历历在目

. . . jí bào zhú bào zhà dǎo zhì yòu yǎn shī míng nián guò qù shǎo nián réng gǎn jué lì lì zài mù

The explosion of a firecracker caused him to lose sight in his right eye. Seven years later, the teenager still remembers it vividly.

NewsFeb 2026

WBC/徐若熙修正投球机制感觉更好 交流赛自信做好准备

xú ruò xī xiū zhèng tóu qiú jī zhì gǎn jué gēng hǎo jiāo liú sài zì xìn zuò hǎo zhǔn bèi

WBC/Xu Ruoxi: Adjusted Pitching Mechanics Feel Better; Confident and Prepared for Exhibition Matches

NewsFeb 2026

台湾餐饮业觉醒了?一堆店除夕休到初五 老板揭关键:根...

tái wān cān yǐn yè jué xǐng le ? yī duī diàn chú xī xiū dào chū wǔ lǎo bǎn jiē guān jiàn gēn . . .

Has Taiwan's Food Industry Woken Up? Numerous Restaurants Close from New Year's Eve to the Fifth Day Owner Reveals the Crucial Reason: The Root...

Tatoeba

你觉得她最想要什么纪念品?

Nǐ juéde tā zuì xiǎng yào shénme jìniànpǐn?

What souvenir do you think she would like most?

Tatoeba

你觉得对此该做什么?

Nǐ juéde duì cǐ gāi zuò shénme?

What do you think should be done about it?

Tatoeba

“你感觉怎么样?”他问。

"Nǐ gǎnjué zěnmeyàng?" tā wèn.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

Tatoeba

你觉得我之前在做什么?

Nǐ juéde wǒ zhīqián zài zuò shénme?

What do you think I've been doing?

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 见 (see) component

目 Radical Family — Characters sharing the eye radical

Homophones — Characters pronounced jué

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 觉 (jué) mean in Chinese?
觉 (jué) primarily means "to feel, to sleep." It is classified as HSK Level 1, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #327 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 觉 have?
觉 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 觉?
The radical associated with 觉 is 目 (eye). This radical appears in many characters related to eye.
What are the components of 觉?
觉 is composed of: ⺍ (phonetic), 冖 (structural), 见 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿳⺍冖见 with a top-middle-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 觉?
Common words with 觉 include: 觉得 (jué de, "to think that ..."); 感觉 (gǎn jué, "feeling"); 睡觉 (shuì jiào, "to go to bed"); 直觉 (zhí jué, "intuition"); 幻觉 (huàn jué, "illusion"). There are over 69 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 觉 (jué)?
Several characters share the pronunciation jué: 决 (to decide), 绝 (absolutely, to cut off), 爵 (ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle), 掘 (to dig), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 觉 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 觉 and the traditional form is 覺.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.