觉 — a nap; a sleep
- Pinyin
- jiào · jué
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — jiào, jué — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 觉: 9 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 觉 in the HSK syllabus: 18
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 觉得juédeto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feelHSK 1
- 睡觉shuìjiàoto go to bed; to sleepHSK 1
- 感觉gǎnjuéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceiveHSK 4
- 自觉zìjuéto realize; to be aware of; to feel that; to be conscious ofHSK 5
- 视觉shìjuésight; vision; visualHSK 6
- 听觉tīngjuésense of hearing; auditoryHSK 6
- 味觉wèijuésense of taste; gustationHSK 6
- 不知不觉bùzhī-bùjuéunconsciously; unwittinglyHSK 7–9
- 察觉chájuéto sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detectHSK 7–9
- 触觉chùjuésense of touch; tactile sensationHSK 7–9
- 错觉cuòjuémisconception; illusion; misperceptionHSK 7–9
- 发觉fājuéto become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceiveHSK 7–9
- 幻觉huànjuéillusion; hallucinationHSK 7–9
- 觉悟juéwùto come to understand; to realize; consciousnessHSK 7–9
- 觉醒juéxǐngto awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truthHSK 7–9
- 嗅觉xiùjuésense of smellHSK 7–9
- 知觉zhījuéperception; consciousnessHSK 7–9
- 直觉zhíjuéintuitionHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.