夢

See also 梦

Translingual

shinjitai	夢
simplified	梦
traditional	夢

Han character

夢 (radical 36 夕+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中弓 (TWLN), four-corner 4420₇, composition ⿱⿳艹罒冖夕)

1. dream
2. visionary
3. wishful

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mʊŋ˨/

Hanzi

夢 (simplified 梦, jyutping mung6, Yale mung6)

1. dream

Noun

夢 (traditional, jyutping mung6, simplified 梦)

1. dream

1. 我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。

1. ngo5 gam1-ziu1 faat3 zo2 go3 mung6, hai6 gwaan1-jyu1 nei5 ge3. hai2 mung6 leoi5-min6 ngo5 gin3-dou3 nei5 tung4 ngo5 jat1-cai4 waan4 hei3-haai6. (Jyutping)

   This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together

Derived terms

• trad. 惡夢, simpl. 恶梦 (Jyutping: ok3 mung6)
• trad. 夢遺, simpl. 梦遗 (Jyutping: mung6 wai4)
• trad. 夢遊, simpl. 梦游 (Jyutping: mung6 jau4)
• trad. 夢魘, simpl. 梦魇 (Jyutping: mung6 jim2)
• trad. 夢寐, simpl. 梦寐 (Jyutping: mung6 mei6)
• trad. 發夢, simpl. 发梦 (Jyutping: faat3 mung6)
• trad. 濕夢, simpl. 湿梦 (Jyutping: sap1 mung6)
• trad. 白日夢, simpl. 白日梦 (Jyutping: baak6 jat6 mung6)

References

• "夢" (in Cantonese/English), Cantodict. URL accessed on 2010-09-22.

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Japanese

Etymology 1

/ime₂/: *[iməj] > [ime]. Compound of noun i (“sleep”) and me (“eye”).

Noun

夢 (hiragana いめ, romaji ime)

1. dream

Etymology 2

From earlier ime.

Noun

夢 (hiragana ゆめ, romaji yume)

1. dream

See also

• 悪夢 (akumu)

Etymology 3

Kanji

夢 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: む (mu)
• Kun: ゆめ (yume), くらい (kurai), ゆめみる (yumemiru)

Compounds

• 悪夢 (あくむ, akumu)

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Korean

Hanja

夢 (hangeul 몽, revised mong, McCune-Reischauer mong)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

夢 (simplified 梦, pinyin mèng (meng4), Wade-Giles meng⁴)

Compounds

• 夢見 (mèngjiàn)
• 惡夢, 恶梦 (èmèng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夢 (mộng, mọng, mống, mồng, mòng, muống)

References

• Nom Foundation