觉
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jiào / jué · conscious

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Readings & meanings

觉 has 2 dictionary pronunciations. The examples show how each reading behaves in real words.

jiào

a nap; a sleep

睡觉shuì jiào · to go to bed
jué

to feel; to find that; thinking

觉得jué de · to think that ...
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9Total strokes

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Top-middle-bottomCharacter structure

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见Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 觉

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jiàoa nap; a sleep
juéto feel; to find that; thinking
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Example sentences

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Wǒ juéde nǐ shuō de shì zhēn de.我觉得你说的是真的。

I think what you say is true.

Source: Tatoeba #332442 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ hěn lèi, wǒ xiǎng wǒ yào qù shuìjiào le.我很累,我想我要去睡觉了。

I'm tired; I think I'm going to go to bed.

Source: Tatoeba #395284 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ juéde nǐ zhèng zài zuò de shì cuò de.我觉得你正在做的是错的。

I think that what you're doing is wrong.

Source: Tatoeba #8795145 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ juéde zhè bú shì zhēn de.我觉得这不是真的。

I don't think this is correct.

Source: Tatoeba #7780760 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ zhēn de juéde wǒ huì bāng nǐ ma?你真的觉得我会帮你吗?

Did you really think I was going to help you?

Source: Tatoeba #10986120 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ juéde wǒ shì àn zhào nǐ shuō de zuò de.我觉得我是按照你说的做的。

I thought I was doing it your way.

Source: Tatoeba #2078413 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 觉 in context

  1. Say jiào / jué, then recall the core meaning: conscious.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the top-middle-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 觉得 (jué de), meaning “to think that ...”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 觉 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.