覺

See also: 覚 and 觉

覺 U+89BA, 覺 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 7721₆, 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

trad.		覺
simp.		觉
alternative forms		覚／觉 斍 𡕚 覐 𧠔 覚／觉 斍 𡕚 覐 𧠔 𧠭 𧠷

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• 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

Characters in the same phonetic series (學) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	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): phonetic 𦥯 (OC *ɡruːɡ) + semantic 見 (“see”).

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 (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): juo²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җүә (žüə, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³
• Gan (Wiktionary): goh⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kok

  (Hailu, HRS): gog

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gog⁵

• Northern Min (KCR): gă
• Eastern Min (BUC): gáe̤k / gáuk
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gah⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kak / kah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gag⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷koq; ⁷ciaq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qio⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: juo²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giuo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyo²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җүә (žüə, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gok³
    • Yale: gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: goh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔʔ⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok
    • Hakka Romanization System: gog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kok̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gog
    • Sinological IPA: /kok⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kɔk̚¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gáe̤k / gáuk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔyʔ²⁴/, /kɑuʔ²⁴/

Note:

• gáe̤k - vernacular;
• gáuk - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Jiangkou, Nanri)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gah⁶
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gah⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak
    • Tâi-lô: kak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kag
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kak̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah
    • Tâi-lô: kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaq
    • IPA (Penang): /kaʔ³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kak̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷koq; ⁷ciaq
    • MiniDict: koh^入; ciah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq; ⁴jiaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵/
Note:
• 4koq - vernacular;
• 4jiaq - literary.
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qio⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯o²⁴/

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• 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	gok3

• 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

1. 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

2. to feel; to think

   覺得／觉得  ―  juéde  ―  to feel that; to think that

3. sense; sensation; feeling
4. a surname, Jue

Synonyms

• (to become aware):

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• 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 (ming⁴) (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):

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• 感到 (gǎndào)
• 感覺 / 感觉 (gǎnjué)
• 覺得 / 觉得

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to become aware”):

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• 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 (jue², jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ, ㄐㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• 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	/kˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/kauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwH/
Li Rong	/kauH/
Wang Li	/kauH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau3

• 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	‹ kæwH ›
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

1. (literary) to wake up from sleep

   • 雲鬢半偏新睡覺，花冠不整下堂來。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     云鬓半偏新睡觉，花冠不整下堂来。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     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 (jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³
• Gan (Wiktionary): gau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): jiau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kàu
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gaau³
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gau⁴ / jiau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau³
    • Yale: gaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kau
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kau⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jiau³
    • 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++: gaau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kau
    • MiniDict: kau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gau⁴ / jiau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒu̯⁴⁵/, /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴⁵/

Note:

• gau4 - vernacular;
• jiau4 - literary.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 覺
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕiɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕiau⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕiɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕiau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiau⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕiɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕiau³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kau¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕiao²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕiɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕiɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kɔ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kæ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕiɔ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ko²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/kɔ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/kon²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕiau⁵⁵/ /kau⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/kaɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kɑu⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kau⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kau³³/
	Nanning	/kɛu³³/
	Hong Kong	/kau³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ka²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xiɔk̚⁵/

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• 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	/kˠauH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚauH/
Shao Rongfen	/kauH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwH/
Li Rong	/kauH/
Wang Li	/kauH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kauH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau3

• 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	‹ kæwH ›
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

1. sleep; nap
2. Classifier for periods of sleep.
3. (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

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 覺

覺

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 覚)

1. to wake up from sleep
2. conscious
3. to enlighten
4. awake
5. to remember
6. remembrance

Readings

• Go-on: かく (kaku)、きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)、こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• 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))

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覺 (eumhun 깰 교 (kkael gyo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

覺: Hán Nôm readings: giác, nhác, rác, dác

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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)