# 瞌

| 瞌 | U+778C, &#30604; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-778C |
| ← 瞋 [U+778B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 瞍 → [U+778D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

瞌 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 月山土戈廿 (BUGIT), four-corner 6401$_7$, composition ⿰目盍)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 814, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23570
* Dae Jaweon: page 1228, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2505, character 5
* Unihan data for U+778C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蓋 | *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 盖 | *kaːbs |
| 溘 | *kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb |
| 搕 | *qoːb |
| 嗑 | *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 榼 | *kʰaːb |
| 磕 | *kʰaːb, *kʰaːd |
| 瞌 | *kʰaːb |
| 盍 | *ɡaːb |
| 闔 | *ɡaːb |
| 篕 | *ɡaːb |
| 熆 | *ɡaːb |
| 鰪 | *qaːb |
| 廅 | *qaːb |
| 圔 | *qroːb |
| 饁 | *ɢrab |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰaːb): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 盍 (OC *ɡaːb).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kē (ke$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ko$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): кә (kə, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^6$ / hap$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kot$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khap
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kab$^4$ / kag$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kē
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ke
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^1$
*** Yale: kē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ko$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ko
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: кә (kə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$ / hap$^1$
*** Yale: hahp / hāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$ / hap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$ / heb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/, /hɐp̚⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kot$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵt̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khap
*** Tâi-lô: khap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qab
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰap̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kab$^4$ / kag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khap / khak
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰap̚²/, /kʰak̚²/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 瞌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5079 |
| Phonetic component | 盍 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 榼 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰaːb/ |

#### Definitions

瞌
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sleepy
* (Cantonese) to doze
       keoi$^5$ tau$^4$ sin$^1$ hap$^1$ zoek$^6$ zo$^2$. [Jyutping]
       He fell asleep just now.
       ngo$^5$ faan$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$ hap$^1$ jat$^1$ zan$^6$. [Jyutping]
       I will return to my room to take a nap.

#### Synonyms

* (to close one's eyes): 閉上／闭上 (bìshang)
| 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, 瞇 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 瞓覺 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 瞓 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 瞓 |
| 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

* 啄瞌睡
* 愣愣瞌瞌
* 打瞌𥅻
* 打瞌睡 (dǎ kēshuì)
* 死目毋願瞌 / 死目毋愿瞌
* 瞌眼瞓 / 瞌眼𰥛
* 瞌睡 (kēshuì)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ke$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khoeh / kheh / khereh
    (Teochew, Peng'im): koih$^4$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): koi$^7$
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ke$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰe²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoeh
*** Tâi-lô: khueh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoeq
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰueʔ⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kinmen): /kʰueʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Tainan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh
*** Tâi-lô: kheh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qeq
*** IPA (Yilan): /kʰeʔ²/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /kʰeʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Sanxia)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khereh
*** Tâi-lô: khereh
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: koih$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khoih
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoiʔ²/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: koi$^7$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɔi⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

瞌
* (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min, Puxian Min) to close (one's eyes)
** 瞌目 [Hokkien] ― kheh-ba̍k [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to close the eyes
** 目睭瞌瞌 [Hokkien] ― ba̍k-chiu kheh-kheh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― eyes almost shut
** 2023, “只要有你”, in 麗蓉 (lyrics), 彩藝 (music), 十八般武藝, performed by 黃妃 [Huang Fei]:
       kam-goān kheh-tio̍h ba̍k-chiu phiàn chū-kí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       I'm willing to close my eyes to lie to myself
* (Leizhou Min, Hainanese) to sleep
** 2014, 强哥 [Mr Hiang] (lyrics and music), “海南粉”, in 大海南‎, performed by 强哥 [Mr Hiang]:
       Sleep early in the evening, wake up early at the break of dawn

#### Compounds

* 放瞌
* 瞌目

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
*** Tâi-lô: ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/

#### Definitions

瞌 (Hokkien)
* Alternative form of 交 (ka), used in 瞌睡 (ka-chōe).

### References

* “瞌”, 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)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)