夢

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

Glyph origin
In the, a or  – a person  lying on a bed , sometimes with restless hands (compare the oracle-bone character for ) and sometimes with the eye  emphasized.

In the, the eye has eyebrows above it (compare ), and the person's body is attached underneath, now written as two dots on either side. The bed is no longer present, and instead has been added.

In the modern form 夢, the eyebrows are written, the eyes are written , and the person's body has become , while remains on the bottom.

According to , it is a.

Etymology 1
From ; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (STEDT; ; ).

Definitions

 * 1) dream
 * 2) to dream; to have dreams
 * 3)  dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
 * 1) to dream; to have dreams
 * 2)  dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
 * 1) to dream; to have dreams
 * 2)  dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
 * 1) to dream; to have dreams
 * 2)  dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
 * 1)  dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
 * 1)  dream; aspiration; ambition; goal

Definitions

 * 1)  muddled

Etymology 1
→ * → →

Shift from, itself a compound of 🇰🇲.

Appears in texts from the 900s.

Noun

 * 1) a dream
 * 2) a vision
 * 3) leaving reality to the state of lusciousness
 * 4) a fantasy (idea from one's imagination)
 * 5) an illusion or delusion
 * 6) something fragile
 * 1) leaving reality to the state of lusciousness
 * 2) a fantasy (idea from one's imagination)
 * 3) an illusion or delusion
 * 4) something fragile
 * 1) something fragile

Etymology 2
From.

Affix

 * 1) dream
 * 2) illusion
 * 3) vision
 * 4) fantasy

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Compound of 🇰🇲.

Noun

 * 1) a dream
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