# 覺

| 覺 | U+89BA, &#35258; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-89BA |
| ← 覹 [U+89B9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 覻 → [U+89BB] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 覺 |
| Shinjitai | 覚 |
| Simplified | 觉 |

### Han character

覺 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 竹月月山山 (HBBUU), four-corner 7721$_6$, composition ⿱𦥯見)

#### Derived characters

* 攪(搅) 灚 𦤲 𧅫 𧢱 𪱔 𪴤 𬑬

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1137, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34973
* Dae Jaweon: page 1604, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3675, character 8
* Unihan data for U+89BA

## Chinese

* 覺

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 覺 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 攪 | *kruːʔ |
| 覺 | *kruːɡs, *kruːɡ |
| 澩 | *ɡruːʔ, *sɡruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ |
| 斆 | *ɡruːɡs |
| 鱟 | *ɡoːɡs, *quːɡ |
| 嶨 | *kʰruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ |
| 礐 | *kʰruːɡ, *ɡ·rɯːɡ, *ɡoːɡ, *ɡuːɡ |
| 觷 | *ŋɡruːɡ, *ɡruːɡ, *quːɡ |
| 學 | *ɡruːɡ |
| 鷽 | *ɡruːɡ, *qruːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kruːɡs, *kruːɡ): abbreviated phonetic 學 (OC *ɡruːɡ) + semantic 見 (“see”) (the phonetic component xué is written in a contracted form, 𦥯).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kruk (“rouse; awaken; disturb”). Cognate with Old Chinese 學 (*ɡruːɡ, “to learn; to study”), 攪 (*kruːʔ, “to disturb”), Tibetan དཀྲོག (dkrog, “to agitate; to rouse”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jué (jue$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): juo$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җүә (žüə, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gok$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): goh$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kok
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gog$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): gă
* Eastern Min (BUC): gáe̤k / gáuk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gag$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$koq; $^7$ciaq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qio$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: juo$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giuo
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyo²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җүә (žüə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕyə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gok$^3$
*** Yale: gok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːk̚³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: goh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok
*** Hakka Romanization System: gog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kok̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kɔk̚¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gă
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gáe̤k / gáuk
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔyʔ²⁴/, /kɑuʔ²⁴/
* gáe̤k - vernacular;
* gáuk - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kaewk
Rime :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古岳切 |
| Baxter | kaewk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kɔk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jue |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gok$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤruk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kruːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jué |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kæwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁruk/ |
| English | be aware |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14075 |
| Phonetic component | 學 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 覺 |
| Old Chinese | /*kruːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

覺
* to become aware; to dawn on; to awaken to
    覺醒／觉醒 ― juéxǐng ― to come to realize
    大覺／大觉 ― dàjué ― great awakening
* to feel; to think
    覺得／觉得 ― juéde ― to feel that; to think that
* sense; sensation; feeling
* a surname, Jue

#### Synonyms

* (to become aware):
* 了解 (liǎojiě)
* 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
* 分曉 / 分晓 (fēnxiǎo)
* 參悟 / 参悟 (cānwù)
* 悟 (wù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 懂 (dǒng)
* 懂得 (dǒngde)
* 打生 (Wenzhounese)
* 把握 (bǎwò)
* 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
* 明 (ming$^4$) (Cantonese)
* 明白
* 明瞭 / 明了 (míngliǎo)
* 曉得 / 晓得 (xiǎode)
* 會悟 / 会悟 (huìwù) (literary)
* 洞悉 (dòngxī)
* 清亮 (mainland China)
* 清楚
* 熟似 (Hokkien)
* 熟悉 (shúxī)
* 熟稔 (shúrěn) (literary)
* 熟識 / 熟识 (shúshí)
* 理會 / 理会 (lǐhuì)
* 理解 (lǐjiě)
* 瞭悟 / 了悟 (liǎowù) (literary)
* 知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 知悉 (zhīxī) (literary)
* 知曉 / 知晓 (zhīxiǎo)
* 知識 / 知识 (zhīshí) (literary)
* 知道 (zhīdào)
* 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
* 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
* 認識 / 认识
* 諳曉 / 谙晓 (ānxiǎo) (literary)
* 諳達 / 谙达 (āndá) (literary)
* 貫通 / 贯通 (guàntōng)
* 通曉 / 通晓 (tōngxiǎo)
* 通解 (tōngjiě) (literary)
* 通達 / 通达 (tōngdá)
* 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
* 醒悟 (xǐngwù)
* 開悟 / 开悟 (kāiwù) (literary)
* 領悟 / 领悟 (lǐngwù)
* 領會 / 领会 (lǐnghuì)
* 領略 / 领略 (lǐnglüè)
* (to feel):
* 感到 (gǎndào)
* 感覺 / 感觉 (gǎnjué)
* 覺得 / 觉得

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to become aware”):
* 不了解 (bù liǎojiě)
* 不懂 (bùdǒng)
* 不明 (bùmíng) (literary)
* 不曉得 / 不晓得 (bù xiǎodé)
* 不知 (bùzhī)
* 不知道 (bù zhīdào)
* 不解 (bùjiě)
* 不通 (bùtōng)
* 伓知 (Puxian Min)
* 唔知 (Cantonese)
* 曉不得 / 晓不得
* 𣍐仈 / 𫧃仈 (mâ̤-báik) (Eastern Min)
* 毋知 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 毋知影 (Hokkien, Teochew)
* 母雞 / 母鸡 (mǔjī) (slang, neologism, humorous)

#### Compounds

* 不知不覺 / 不知不觉 (bùzhī-bùjué)
* 不知覺 / 不知觉
* 不自覺 / 不自觉 (bùzìjué)
* 不覺 / 不觉 (bùjué)
* 乖覺 / 乖觉 (guāijué)
* 乖覺可喜 / 乖觉可喜 (guāijuékěxǐ)
* 伶俐乖覺 / 伶俐乖觉
* 倍覺 / 倍觉
* 先知先覺 / 先知先觉
* 光覺 / 光觉
* 先覺 / 先觉 (xiānjué)
* 先覺先知 / 先觉先知
* 八大人覺 / 八大人觉
* 共同感覺 / 共同感觉
* 冷覺 / 冷觉
* 味覺 / 味觉 (wèijué)
* 味覺器 / 味觉器
* 嗅覺 / 嗅觉 (xiùjué)
* 嗅覺器 / 嗅觉器
* 壓覺 / 压觉
* 夢覺黃粱 / 梦觉黄粱
* 大覺 / 大觉
* 大覺醒 / 大觉醒
* 察覺 / 察觉 (chájué)
* 平衡覺 / 平衡觉
* 幻覺 / 幻觉 (huànjué)
* 後知後覺 / 后知后觉 (hòuzhīhòujué)
* 後覺 / 后觉
* 愛新覺羅 / 爱新觉罗 (Àixīnjuéluó)
* 感覺 / 感觉 (gǎnjué)
* 感覺器官 / 感觉器官
* 慧覺 / 慧觉
* 懵然未覺 / 懵然未觉
* 正覺 / 正觉
* 渾然不覺 / 浑然不觉
* 溫覺 / 温觉
* 漠然不覺 / 漠然不觉
* 獨覺 / 独觉
* 痛覺 / 痛觉 (tòngjué)
* 發覺 / 发觉 (fājué)
* 直覺 / 直觉 (zhíjué)
* 知覺 / 知觉 (zhījué)
* 知覺神經 / 知觉神经
* 知覺防衛 / 知觉防卫
* 神鬼不覺 / 神鬼不觉
* 視覺 / 视觉 (shìjué)
* 視覺器 / 视觉器
* 視覺懸崖 / 视觉悬崖
* 視覺空間 / 视觉空间 (shìjué kōngjiān)
* 視覺藝術 / 视觉艺术 (shìjué yìshù)
* 視覺適應 / 视觉适应
* 緣覺 / 缘觉
* 聰明乖覺 / 聪明乖觉
* 聯覺 / 联觉 (liánjué)
* 聽覺 / 听觉 (tīngjué)
* 聽覺中樞 / 听觉中枢
* 肌覺 / 肌觉
* 自覺 / 自觉 (zìjué)
* 自覺形穢 / 自觉形秽
* 臭覺 / 臭觉 (xiùjué)
* 色覺 / 色觉 (sèjué)
* 覺世 / 觉世
* 覺他 / 觉他
* 覺劍 / 觉剑
* 覺寤 / 觉寤
* 覺察 / 觉察 (juéchá)
* 覺得 / 觉得
* 覺悟 / 觉悟 (juéwù)
* 覺書 / 觉书 (juéshū)
* 覺海 / 觉海
* 覺王 / 觉王
* 覺發 / 觉发
* 覺知 / 觉知
* 覺返迷津 / 觉返迷津
* 覺道 / 觉道
* 覺醒 / 觉醒 (juéxǐng)
* 覺音 / 觉音
* 觸覺 / 触觉 (chùjué)
* 警覺 / 警觉 (jǐngjué)
* 超感覺 / 超感觉
* 運動錯覺 / 运动错觉
* 醒覺 / 醒觉
* 錯覺 / 错觉 (cuòjué)
* 驚覺 / 惊觉 (jīngjué)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jué, jiào (jue$^2$, jiao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^4$
*** Yale: jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: kaewH
Rime :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古孝切 |
| Baxter | kaewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kau$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤruk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kruːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kæw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁruk-s/ |
| English | awaken |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14070 |
| Phonetic component | 學 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敎 |
| Old Chinese | /*kruːɡs/ |

#### Definitions

覺
* (literary) to wake up from sleep
    From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret
    Yúnbìn bàn piān xīn shuì jiào, Huāguān bù zhěng xià táng lái. [Pinyin]
    Cloudlike hair awry, she just woke up from sleep. / Crown of flowers unadjusted, she then walked out of her room.

#### Compounds

* 睡覺 / 睡觉

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiào (jiao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): gau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kau
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jiau$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gaau$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gau$^4$ / jiau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^4$
*** Yale: jyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^3$
*** Yale: gaau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kau³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau
*** Hakka Romanization System: gau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jiau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu
*** Tâi-lô: kàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaux
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau²¹/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: gaau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kau⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$kau
*** MiniDict: kau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$kau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: gau$^4$ / jiau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒu̯⁴⁵/, /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵/
* gau4 - vernacular;
* jiau4 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit覺 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕiau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕiɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕiɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiau³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕiau³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕiao²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕiɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕiɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kɔ³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kæ⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ko²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kɔ³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kon²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/ /kau⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kaɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kɑu⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kau⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kau³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kɛu³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kau³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kau²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ka²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kak̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /xiɔk̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: kaewH
Rime :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古孝切 |
| Baxter | kaewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kau$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤruk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kruːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kæw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁruk-s/ |
| English | awaken |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 覺 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14070 |
| Phonetic component | 學 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 敎 |
| Old Chinese | /*kruːɡs/ |

#### Definitions

覺
* sleep; nap
* Classifier for periods of sleep.
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 較 / 较 (“to compare”)

#### Compounds

* 中覺 / 中觉
* 午覺 / 午觉 (wǔjiào)
* 困覺 / 困觉 (kùnjiào)
* 大頭覺 / 大头觉
* 晌覺 / 晌觉
* 睏覺 / 困觉 (kùnjiào)
* 睡中覺 / 睡中觉
* 睡懶覺 / 睡懒觉 (shuì lǎnjiào)
* 睡晌覺 / 睡晌觉
* 睡覺 / 睡觉
* 睡長覺 / 睡长觉

### References

* “覺”, 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–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03774

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 覚 |
| Kyūjitai | 覺 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 覚)
* to wake up from sleep
* conscious
* to enlighten
* awake
* to remember
* remembrance

#### Readings

* Go-on: かく (kaku)、きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: かく (kaku)、こう (kō)
* Kan’yō-on: かく (kaku)
* Kun: おぼえる (oboeru, 覺える)、さます (samasu, 覺ます)、さめる (sameru, 覺める)、さとる (satoru, 覺る)

## Korean
### Hanja

覺 (eumhun 깨달을 각 (kkaedareul gak))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
覺 (eumhun 깰 교 (kkael gyo))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

覺: Hán Nôm readings: giác, nhác, rác, dác
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Derived terms

* 不覺 (bất giác)
* 告覺 (cáo giác)
* 味覺 (vị giác)
* 嗅覺 (khứu giác)
* 幻覺 (ảo giác)
* 感覺 (cảm giác)
* 發覺 (phát giác)
* 直覺 (trực giác)
* 知覺 (tri giác)
* 聽覺 (thính giác)
* 自覺 (tự giác)
* 視覺 (thị giác)
* 覺悟 (giác ngộ)
* 覺書 (giác thư)
* 覺關 (giác quan)
* 觸覺 (xúc giác)
* 訴覺 (tố giác)