# 睏

| 睏 | U+774F, &#30543; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-774F |
| ← 睎 [U+774E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 睐 → [U+7750] |

## Translingual
### Han character

睏 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月山田木 (BUWD), four-corner 6600$_0$, composition ⿰目困)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 809, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23411
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2491, character 5
* Unihan data for U+774F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 困 (OC *kʰuːns).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kùn (kun$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan$^3$ / fan$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kun$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khun
    (Hailu, HRS): kun$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kun$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): káung
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kong$^4$ / kuong$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khùn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kung$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$khuen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kun$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kùn
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kùn
*** Wade–Giles: kʻun$^4$
*** Yale: kwùn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenn
*** Palladius: кунь (kunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwan$^3$ / fan$^3$
*** Yale: kwan / fan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwan$^3$ / fan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuen$^3$ / fen$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɐn³³/, /fɐn³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kun$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰun²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khun
*** Hakka Romanization System: kun
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: kun$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰun¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: káung
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑuŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔŋ⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: kuong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuoŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn
*** Tâi-lô: khùn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: quxn
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰun⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /kʰun²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kung$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khùng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$khuen
*** MiniDict: khuen$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$khun
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuən⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: kun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ən⁴⁵/

### Definitions

睏
* sleepy; tired
* (dialectal) to sleep
    From: 蘇打綠 (sodagreen), 無眠 (No Sleep)
    Kin-á-li̍t goe̍h-niû ná hiah-nī $^{[sic]}$ kng, chiò-tio̍h gún kui-mî lóng bē-tang khùn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Why is the moon so bright today? It's shining so brightly, I can't sleep

#### Synonyms

* (sleepy):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 睏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 睏 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 睏 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睏, 瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 伏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瞌睡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 瞌睡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 眼瞓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 眼瞓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 眼瞓 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 眼瞓, 疓 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 瞌 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𤸁, 睏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 睏, 瞌睡 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 討目䁒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 睶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厭𤺪, 目澀 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 目澀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 目澀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 愛睏 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 目澀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 目澀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 目澀 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 睏乃 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 軟, 軟場 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 墜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 眼閉 |
* (to sleep):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 臥, 寐, 寢, 眠, 睡, 就寢, 寢息 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 睡覺, 睡眠, 就寢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 睡覺, 睡, 歇覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 睡覺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 睡覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 睏覺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 睡覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 睏覺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 睏覺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 睡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 睡覺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 呼啷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 睡瞌睡, 睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 睡瞌睡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 睡覺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 睡覺, 上蘇州 slang |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 睏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 瞓覺, 瞓, 見周公 humorous, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓記 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 瞓覺, 瞓, 搵周公 humorous, 覺覺豬 childish, 瞓覺覺 childish, 豬豬 childish |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 睡目 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 瞓, 睡 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 瞇覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Zhanjiang | 瞓覺, 曬鋪 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 睡覺, 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睡覺 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 閉眼 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 瞓覺, 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睡覺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 睡目, 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 瞓 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 瞓, 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 瞓覺 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 睡 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 睡眼 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Changting | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 歇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 歇眼, 打席 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 歇眼 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 歇, 睡 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 歇覺 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 睡目, 睡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 睡覺 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 睡目 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 睡目 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 睡 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 睏 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 睏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 睡覺, 睡 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Linhe | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Jining | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Baotou | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 睡覺 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 睡覺 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 眠䁒 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 目䁒 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 瞌眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 睏, 睏眠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 睏 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 睏眠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 睏 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 睏覺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 睏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 夗, 死瞌 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 睏, 夗 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 夗 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 瞌, 瞌覺, 睏, 歇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 瞌, 偃瞌 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 瞌 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 睏 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 睏 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 倒眠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 瞇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 瞇, 瞇覺 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 眠 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 眠 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 眠 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 眠 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 眠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 睏 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到崑山去 slang |
| Wu | Wuxi | 睏覺 |
| Wu | Danyang | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 睏覺, 睏, 到蘇州去 slang |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 睏 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 睏褥, 睏 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 睏覺, 睏, 睡覺 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 睏覺, 睏 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 睏眼閉, 睏覺 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 睡覺 |

#### Compounds

* 愛睏 / 爱困 (àikùn)
* 歇睏 / 歇困
* 犯睏 / 犯困 (fànkùn)
* 睏倦 / 困倦 (kùnjuàn)
* 睏夢 / 困梦
* 睏憊 / 困惫
* 睏房 / 困房
* 睏眠 / 困眠
* 睏衣裳 / 困衣裳
* 睏衫 / 困衫
* 睏覺 / 困觉 (kùnjiào)

### References

* “Entry #8764”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “Entry #11237”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
* “Entry #4689”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
* “睏”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to sleep; be sleepy, drowsy
* to die

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こん (kon)
* Kun: ねむる (nemuru, 睏る)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

睏: Hán Nôm readings: khốn
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