夢

Note that in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the character is written with 卝 on top instead of 艹, as found in the Kangxi dictionary. Traditionally, the character is listed under the radical 夕 (sunset). However, in simplified Chinese and Japanese dictionaries, the character may be listed under the radical 艹 (grass) as the 卝 (crown/hairstyle) component has been simplified to 艹.

夢 (radical 36, 夕+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中弓 (TWLN), four-corner 4420₇, composition ⿳𦭝冖夕(GJKV) or ⿱⿳卝罒冖夕(HT))

• KangXi: page 247, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5801
• Dae Jaweon: page 492, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 864, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5922

Oracle bone script: Pictogram (象形) – a person lying on a bed, with restless hands.

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs) : phonetic 瞢 (OC *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs) + semantic 夕.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) (“dream”).

夢

1. dream

   做夢 / 做梦  ―  zuòmèng  ―  to dream

   發夢 / 发梦 [Cantonese]  ―  faat³ mung⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to dream

   • 我尋晚發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊健身。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我寻晚发咗个梦，系关于你嘅。喺梦里面我见到你同我一齐健身。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Ngo⁵ cam⁴ maan⁵ faat³ zo² go³ mung⁶, hai⁶ gwaan¹ jyu¹ nei⁵ ge³. Hai² mung⁶ leoi⁵ min⁶ ngo⁵ gin³ dou^3-2 nei⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ jat¹ cai⁴ gin⁶ san¹. [Jyutping]

     This morning I had a dream about you. In the dream, I saw you working out with me.

2. to dream; to have dreams
3. (figuratively) dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
4. visionary; imaginary; wishful
5. A surname​.

夢

1. ^† muddled

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. dream, illusion, vision

• Go-on: む (mu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: ゆめ (yume, 夢, Jōyō)^{←ゆめ (yume, historical)←いめ (ime, ancient)}; ゆめみる (yumemiru, 夢みる); くらい (kurai, 夢い)

⟨ime₂⟩ → */jiməj/ → /jɨme/ → /jume/

Shift from Old Japanese ime (see below).[1][2][3]

The i → yu shift is common in Middle Japanese, seen in 言う (iu → yuu, “to speak”) and 行く (iku → yuku, “to go”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ゆめ​ [yùméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][4]
  • IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝme̞]

夢 (hiragana ゆめ, rōmaji yume)

1. a dream
   • 1989 November 10 [May 25 1988], Fujiko F. Fujio, “夢カメラ [Dream Camera]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), volume 3 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 275:

     これはなんです！
     こ　これは夢カメラといって……
     なにをユメみたいなこといってるんですか

     Kore wa nan desu!
     Ko Kore wa Yume Kamera to itte……
     Nani o yume mitai na koto itterun desu ka

     What is this⁉
     Th-This was taken with the Dream Camera……
     Are you saying this is just a dream⁉

2. a vision (wish for the future)
3. leaving reality to the state of lusciousness (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
4. a fantasy (idea from one's imagination)
5. an illusion or delusion

   Synonym: 迷夢 (meimu)

6. something fragile (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

夢 (hiragana ゆめ, rōmaji Yume)

1. a female given name
2. a surname

⟨i me₂⟩ → */jiməj/ → /ime/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Originally a compound of 寝 (i, “sleep, sleeping”) + 目 (me, “eye; sight, vision”).[2][3]

夢 (hiragana いめ, rōmaji ime)

1. (archaic) a dream

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夢 • (mong) (hangeul 몽)

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夢 (mộng)

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