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Kanji Detail for 夢 - "dream, vision, illusion"

夢

  • Meaning

    夢 means "dream, vision, illusion."

    1. Dream - A vision during sleep; an aspiration.

    2. Vision - A mental image; a hope.

    3. Illusion - Something unreal; a fantasy.

    4. Dim - Not clear; obscure.

  • Words using 夢

    • 悪夢 あくむ Listen nightmare; bad dream
    • 夢想 むそう Listen dream; vision; reverie
    • 夢中 むちゅう Listen absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about
    • 初夢 はつゆめ Listen first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)

  • Four-character idioms with 夢

    • 無我夢中 むがむちゅう Listen losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
    • 同床異夢 どうしょういむ Listen cohabiting but living in different worlds
    • 夢幻泡影 むげんほうよう Listen a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life)
    • 夢幻泡沫 むげんほうまつ Listen transient; ephemeral; fleeting
    • 泡沫夢幻 ほうまつむげん Listen transient; ephemeral; fleeting
    • 酔生夢死 すいせいむし Listen idling one's life away; living to no purpose

  • Origin of 夢

    An eye with heavy lashes under a canopy of grass, with 夕, evening, beneath: eyes that see in the dark of night. What the closed eye watches after dusk is the dream.

    How to remember it: Grass, a veiled eye, and the evening 夕 — what your covered eyes still see after dark: a dream.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 夢

    • Verified meaning: dream, vision, illusion
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あゆみ, あゆむ, ありす, かなえ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 夢

    Given names 夢(あゆみ)Listen 夢(あゆむ)Listen 夢(ありす)Listen 夢(かなえ)Listen 夢(どりーむ)Listen 夢(ねね)Listen 夢(のぞみ)Listen 夢(のん)Listen 夢(はるか)Listen 夢(ぽらん)Listen 夢(まどか)Listen 夢(みらい)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dream; vision; illusion

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    dream; visionary; wishful

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4]); (bound form) to dream

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    dream

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    When asleep but not yet awake, having perceptions, sensations, speech, and movements is all called 夢 (dreaming). Often caused by nervous debility, or indigestion, or uncomfortable breathing. Anciently there were officials who interpreted dreams. Such as dreaming of bears means giving birth to a son. See (Rites of Zhou) and (Book of Odes). | 夢夢: Appearance of being unclear. See (Book of Odes).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

    mu(ム) ム

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kura.i(くらい) くらい

    yume(ゆめ) ゆめ

    yume.miru(ゆめみる) ゆめみる

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    夕 (yube・yu・ta)

  • Related Keywords

    dream vision illusion dark dim fleeting ambition aspiration delusion desire fantasy goal hallucination hope imagination mirage nightmare reverie sleep

Sentences including 夢

  • It is no longer a dream for man to live on the moon.

  • Never did i dream of such a thing.

  • The dream of yesterday is the hope of today.

  • Little did i think that i would ever see her again.

  • The time will come when your dream will come true.

  • He is absorbed in his work.

  • Good night and sweet dreams.

  • Do you think that life is but a dream?

  • He is a boy with many dreams.

  • I had a strange dream last night.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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