失眠 shīmián▶ insomnio

Stroke order

失眠 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 失 — 5 strokes
• 眠 — 10 strokes

Related words

• 失业Desempleo
• 失去Perder
• 损失pérdida
• 消失desaparecer
• 丧失perder
• 失事choque

失眠 is pronounced shīmián and means “insomnio”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 失眠 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.