Sleepy in Chinese (Mandarin): 困 (kùn)
困
kùn
sleepy
- Simplified
- 困
- Traditional
- 睏
- Pinyin
- kùn
- Typed as
- kun
Use it in a sentence
我好困，想睡觉。
我好睏，想睡覺。
I am so sleepy, I want to sleep.
The characters in 困
困
Sleepy. A tree (木) inside a box (囗).
7 strokes
Fourth tone. 困 means you want to sleep, and 累 (lèi) means tired out. 困 also means stuck or trapped.
More examples with 困
我困了。
Wǒ kùn le.
I'm sleepy.
宝宝困了，要睡觉。
寶寶困了，要睡覺。
Bǎobao kùn le, yào shuìjiào.
The baby is sleepy and needs to sleep.
How to write 困 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
困 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
睏 12 strokes
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