睡 emphasizes the state of sleeping.

Related characters:


to sleep, to fall asleep

dream

to sober up (from alcohol), to wake up

 (eye) — semantic component, indicates relation to eyes, seeing, eye condition;


to hang down, to let droop, to lower, to hand down

 (to hang down, to droop) — phonetic component, gives the sound "su" and reinforces the image "eyes drooping downward → sleep."
Thus the meaning is visually intuitive.

수면 (睡眠) — sleep
숙수 (熟睡) — deep sleep
최면 (催眠) — hypnosis
수마 (睡魔) — sleepiness; “sleep demon”

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Vocabulary

to examine, to reflect, to omit, to economize

eyebrow

to look, to see, to watch, to observe, to guard

true, real, genuine, authentic

to be dizzy, to feel vertigo, to be dazzled

the eye, vision, perception, viewpoint

to attach, to put on, to arrive, to touch, to be affected by

sleep, to sleep, to doze

to supervise, to oversee, to direct, to command

harmonious, amicable, on good terms

testicle, male gonad

wisdom, sagacity, profound intelligence

to close the eyes, to shut the eyes

to deceive, to cheat, to hide the truth

to blink the eyes, instant, moment

pupil of the eye

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睡

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