觉悟

覺悟

juéwù

noun HSK 6 #19,253

Meanings

1 awareness; consciousness; realization
2 to come to understand; to become aware

Characters

to feel; to sense; to awaken

to realize; to comprehend

To awaken and realize — consciousness, awareness.

Examples

他终于觉悟了，开始认真学习。

Tā zhōngyú juéwù le, kāishǐ rènzhēn xuéxí.

He finally came to his senses and started studying seriously.

提高政治觉悟是很重要的。

Tígāo zhèngzhì juéwù shì hěn zhòngyào de.

Raising political awareness is very important.

她的觉悟比同龄人高很多。

Tā de juéwù bǐ tónglíngrén gāo hěn duō.

Her level of awareness is much higher than her peers.

Tips

culture

觉悟 has a strong political connotation in China — 政治觉悟 (political consciousness) is a key concept in Communist Party discourse. In everyday use, it means 'coming to one's senses.'

usage

In Buddhism, 觉悟 means 'enlightenment' — Buddha (佛陀) means 'the awakened one.'

Stroke Order

觉 jué

悟 wù