传说在90年代初期，美国的漫画家在画画时画了一个人在瞌睡，却不知该用什么语意来形容“打呼”，难道要在画上写sleep sleep sleep？ 这时突然有人发现，人在睡着时发出的鼾声，就像用锯子锯木头的声音。

2011年5月26日 · First of all, zzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoring, from at least 1918. (Sometimes "a tiny saw cutting through a log" [1948] would be used, and both the snore and saw would make the same z-z-z-z sound.) Over time, this became associated with sleep in general, but most comic reference books (e.g. 2006's KA-BOOM!

2025年2月7日 · One representation ultimately stuck, though: the letters Zzz. Its first use can be traced back to 1903 in the comic Katzenjammer Kids, created by Rudolph Dirks. In it, the snoring Captain sleeps...

"First of all, zzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoring, from at least 1918. (Sometimes "a tiny saw cutting through a log" [1948] would be used, and both the snore and saw would make the same z-z-z-z sound.) Over time, this became associated with sleep in general, but most comic reference books (e.g. 2006's KA-BOOM!

2021年10月22日 · 很多和“睡觉”相关的单词，都有字母Z，所以“zzz”很可能是这些表示睡觉的词汇简化而来的。 snooze指的是白天的小睡、打盹。 也可以用take a nap来表示。 I think I'll have a quick snooze. 我觉得我要眯一会儿。 doze也表示白天的小睡，尤其强调不知不觉迷糊了一下、半睡半醒的状态。 I wasn't really asleep – I was just dozing. 我没有真的睡着，我只是打个盹。 zizz这个表示“睡觉”的英国俚语，是不是和“zzz”符号很像了呢？ He felt refreshed after a good …

“zzz”来源的传说 据说，美国的一位漫画家想要描绘一个人“ 打呼噜 ”的状态，却不知道该怎么办......难道在画面上写sleep sleep sleep？ 这时，有人发现，人们睡着时发出的鼾声，类似锯子（saw）锯木头的声音，而和这个声音最接近的字母就是“z”，后来，漫画 ...

The “Zzz” symbol was widely recognized beyond its alphabetic stance with time; colossal letters for a noisy sleeper, dainty, modest trails for a peaceful slumber. Excessive strings of sleep down to a lone “Z” all shared the same sentiment of snooze.

We know that “catching some z’s” refers to sleeping, but why not “p’s” or “g’s”? This idiom stems from the onomatopoeic word “zzz,” which has been used to represent sleeping for over 100 years. Henry David Thoreau likely coined the usage of “z” as an onomatopoeia, but he was talking about the sounds of locusts in 1884, not snoring.

2024年2月23日 · 一种观点认为，这个符号可能起源于一位美国漫画家的困扰，当时他想要描绘一个人“打呼噜”的状态，于是选择了“zzz”来模拟打鼾声。 这个故事将“zzz”与睡眠状态的声音联系在一起。

2012年7月26日 · Z isn’t associated with sleeping, specifically, but rather with snoring. You may be one of the fortunate few having no personal acquaintance with this phenomenon. I don’t have much familiarity with it either, but mostly because I’m asleep when I do it. Ms. Adams tells me Z doesn’t adequately convey the experience, which she says is like ...