# 夢

| 夢 | U+5922, &#22818; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5922 |
| ← 夡 [U+5921] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 夣 → [U+5923] |
| 夢 | U+2F85E, &#194654; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F85E |
| ← 多 [U+2F85D] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 奢 → [U+2F85F] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 夢 |
| Simplified | 梦 |
| Traditional | 夢 |

### Alternative forms

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.

### Han character

夢 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中弓 (TWLN), four-corner 4420$_7$, composition ⿳𦭝冖夕(GJKV) or ⿱⿳卝罒冖夕(HT))

#### Derived characters

* 儚, 𭋥, 㙹, 懜, 𭲿, 𬁜, 𬄺, 𤘂, 䑅, 𥌋, 䙦, 𬠳, 𰵉, 𧲍, 𨮒, 𠓔, 𩟞, 𬵳
* 𬩝, 𬰖, 鄸, 𤔻, 𡗐, 𦫰, 𧲎, 𨞯, 顭, 𩴲, 𪇓, 𦿏, 𥶃, 𩆠, 㝱, 𤻟, 𮄥, 𱘬

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 247, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5801
* Dae Jaweon: page 492, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 864, character 19
* Unihan data for U+5922
* Unihan data for U+2F85E

## Chinese

* 夢

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夢 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 蘉 | *maːŋ |
| 瞢 | *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs |
| 懜 | *mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ |
| 懵 | *mɯːŋs, *mɯːŋʔ |
| 甍 | *mrɯːŋ |
| 薨 | *hmɯːŋ |
| 夢 | *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs |
| 鄸 | *mɯŋs |
In the Oracle bone script, a pictogram (象形) or ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) – a person (人) lying on a bed (爿), sometimes with restless hands (compare the oracle-bone character for 丮) and sometimes with the eye (目) emphasized.
In the Bronze inscriptions, the eye (目) has eyebrows above it (compare 眉), and the person's body is attached underneath, now written as two dots on either side. The bed is no longer present, and instead 夕 (“moon; night”) has been added.
In the modern form 夢, the eyebrows are written 卝, the eyes are written 罒, and the person's body has become 冖, while 夕 remains on the bottom.
According to Shuowen, it is a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs): phonetic 瞢 (OC *mɯːŋ, *mɯŋ, *mɯŋs) + semantic 夕.

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) (“dream”); compare Tibetan རྨང་ལམ (rmang lam, “dream”), Chepang माङः (“dream”), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s-makᴴ ~ *s-maŋ¹ (“dream”), Mizo mang (“dream”), Japhug tɯ-jmŋo (“dream”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): mèng (meng$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mong$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): mēng
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): mēn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): мын (mɨn, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mung$^6$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): mung$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): muung$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): mung$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mung
    (Hailu, HRS): mung$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mung$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): meng$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): mōng
* Eastern Min (BUC): máe̤ng / móng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang$^4$ / morng$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bāng / bōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mang$^7$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): mang$^1$ / mong$^7$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mung$^6$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$maon / $^6$mon
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): mong$^5$ / mong$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mèng
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^4$
*** Yale: mèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menq
*** Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: mong$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mung
*** Sinological IPA : /moŋ²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: mēng
*** Sinological IPA : /məŋ⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: mēn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): men$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mə̃⁴⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: мын (mɨn, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /məŋ⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mung$^6$
*** Yale: muhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊŋ²²/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: mung$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊŋ³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: muung$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbɵŋ³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: mung$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /muŋ¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mung
*** Hakka Romanization System: mung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /muŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mung$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /muŋ³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mʊŋ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: meng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /məŋ⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mōng
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: máe̤ng / móng
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔyŋ²¹³/, /mouŋ²¹³/
* máe̤ng - vernacular;
* móng - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit夢 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /məŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /məŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /məŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /məŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /fəŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /məŋ³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /məŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /mə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /məŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /mə̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /mɤŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /moŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /moŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /moŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /moŋ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /mən⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /məŋ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /məŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /məŋ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /mə̃ŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /mɑ̃²³/ /moŋ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /moŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /moŋ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /moŋ²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /mʌ̃²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /man¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /moŋ⁵⁵/ /moŋ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /mən²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /muŋ²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /mu⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /muŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /moŋ²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /muŋ²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /muŋ²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /bɔŋ²²/ /baŋ²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /mɔyŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /mɔŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /maŋ³¹/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /moŋ³⁵/ /maŋ²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: mjuwngH
Rime :
| Character | 夢 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 莫鳳切 |
| Baxter | mjuwngH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨuŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miuŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muwŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭuŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯uŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mung$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.məŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 夢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mèng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjuwng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.məŋ-s/ |
| English | dream |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 夢 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 8998 |
| Phonetic component | 夢 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯŋs/ |

#### Definitions

夢
* dream (Classifier: 場／场 m c mn; 個／个 m c mn)
    美夢／美梦 ― měimèng ― good dream
    夢魘／梦魇 ― mèngyǎn ― nightmare
    做夢／做梦 ― zuòmèng ― to dream
    發夢／发梦 [Cantonese] ― faat$^3$ mung$^6$ [Jyutping] ― to dream
       ngo$^5$ cam$^4$ maan$^5$ faat$^3$ zo$^2$ go$^3$ mung$^6$, hai$^6$ gwaan$^1$ jyu$^1$ nei$^5$ ge$^3$. hai$^2$ mung$^6$ leoi$^5$ min$^6$ ngo$^5$ gin$^3$ dou$^{3-2}$ nei$^5$ tung$^4$ ngo$^5$ jat$^1$ cai$^4$ gin$^6$ san$^1$. [Jyutping]
       This morning I had a dream about you. In the dream, I saw you working out with me.
    From: Liezi, 1st – 5th century CE
    Qí mín bù shí bù yì ér duōmián, wǔ xún yī jué, yǐ mèng zhōng suǒwéi zhě shí, jué zhī suǒjiàn zhě wàng. [Pinyin]
    Its people do not eat or wear clothing, sleep a lot, and awaken every fifty days. They think what they do in dreams are real, and what they see while awake illusory.
* to dream; to have dreams
    From: Liezi, 1st – 5th century CE
    Zhòu zé shēnhū ér jíshì, yè zé hūnbèi ér shúmèi. Jīngshén huāngsǎn, xīxī mèng wéi guójūn. [Pinyin]
    By day he moans and pants at his labour, and by night, exhausted, he descends into fast slumber. As his mind drifts away, each night he dreams of becoming a monarch.
    From: 1987, 蔡秋鳳 (Kerris Tsai), 什麼樂
    bāng siáⁿ-mih, góa bāng-tio̍h chi̍t chiah ti, ah bāng ti kóng cha̍p-lī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    What did you dream of? I dreamt of a pig, dreamt that a pig said twelve
* (figurative) dream; aspiration; ambition; goal
    我有一個夢。／我有一个梦。 ― Wǒ yǒu yīge mèng. ― I have a dream.
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 夢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 夢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 睡夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 睡夢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 夢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 夢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 夢 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 夢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 夢 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 夢 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 夢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 夢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 夢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 夢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 夢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 夢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 夢 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 夢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 夢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夢, 南柯子 euphemistic |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 夢 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 夢 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 做夢, 作夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 做夢 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 做夢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 做夢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 做夢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 做夢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 做夢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 做夢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 做夢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 做夢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 做夢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 做夢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 做夢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 做夢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 做夢 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 夢見 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 做睡夢, 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 做夢, 夢睡夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 做睡夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 做夢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 做睡夢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 做夢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 做睡夢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 做睡夢, 夢睡夢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 做夢, 睡夢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 做夢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 做夢, 做睡夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 扯混老二 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Muli | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 衝臺子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 做夢, 衝臺子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 做夢, 發夢, 發夢水 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 睡夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 睡夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 睡夢, 發夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 睡夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 睡夢, 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 睡夢, 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 做夢顛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 做夢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 做夢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 做夢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 發迷夢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 發迷夢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 財夢, 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 定夢 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 睡夢, 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 睡夢, 做夢 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 做夢, 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 睡夢, 做夢 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 打睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 信夢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睡夢, 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 做夢 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 打夢睡 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睡夢 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 做夢 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 發夢 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睡夢 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 眠夢 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 眠夢 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 打夢講 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 發夢, 做夢 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Changting | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 發瞑夢 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 發瞑夢 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 發夢, 發眠夢 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 對夢, 對眠夢 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 眠夢 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 眠夢 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 眠夢 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 眠夢 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 眠夢 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 發夢, 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 做夢 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 睡夢 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 做夢 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 發夢 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 發夢 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 做虛夢 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 做夢 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 做夢 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 發夢天, 得迷夢 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 眠夢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 夢夢, 作夢, 做夢 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 做夢 |
| Jin | Datong | 做夢 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 夢夢 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 夢夢 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 夢夢 |
| Jin | Linhe | 夢夢 |
| Jin | Jining | 做夢 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 夢夢, 做夢 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 做夢, 夢夢 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 做夢 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 做夢 |
| Jin | Handan | 做夢 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 做夢 |
| Jin | Suide | 夢夢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 發眠夢, 發迷夢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 做夢 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 做夢, 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 做夢, 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 做夢, 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 睏夢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 眠夢, 做眠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 眠夢 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 睏希望 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 夢, 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 發夢, 發夢乾 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 夢見 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 做夢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 夢夢 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 做夢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 做夢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 做夢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 做夢 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 做夢 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 做夢, 夢 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 做夢, 夢 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 做夢, 夢 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 夢眠夢 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 睡夢, 發夢 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 製夢 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 做夢 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 做夢 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 做夢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 做夢 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 做夢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 做亂夢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 做夢 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 做夢, 眠夢 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 做夢, 發夢天, 發夢衝, 走瀏陽, 走混路子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 辵夢 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 辵夢, 做南柯子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 做夢, 做南柯子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 做夢 |

#### Compounds

* 一場春夢 / 一场春梦
* 一夜無夢 / 一夜无梦
* 三刀夢 / 三刀梦
* 久夢初醒 / 久梦初醒
* 人生如夢 / 人生如梦 (rénshēngrúmèng)
* 付之春夢 / 付之春梦
* 作夢 / 作梦 (zuòmèng)
* 作白日夢 / 作白日梦
* 做夢 / 做梦 (zuòmèng)
* 做春夢 / 做春梦
* 入夢 / 入梦 (rùmèng)
* 北夢瑣言 / 北梦琐言
* 南柯一夢 / 南柯一梦 (nánkēyīmèng)
* 南柯夢 / 南柯梦
* 占夢
* 召夢 / 召梦
* 同夢 / 同梦
* 同床各夢 / 同床各梦
* 同床異夢 / 同床异梦 (tóngchuángyìmèng)
* 啞子做夢 / 哑子做梦
* 啞子得夢 / 哑子得梦
* 啞子托夢 / 哑子托梦
* 噩夢 / 噩梦 (èmèng)
* 圓夢 / 圆梦 (yuánmèng)
* 報夢 / 报梦 (bàomèng)
* 夜長夢多 / 夜长梦多 (yèchángmèngduō)
* 夢事 / 梦事
* 夢兆 / 梦兆 (mèngzhào)
* 夢兆熊羆 / 梦兆熊罴
* 夢勞魂想 / 梦劳魂想
* 夢吐白鳳 / 梦吐白凤
* 夢周公 / 梦周公
* 夢囈 / 梦呓 (mèngyì)
* 夢境 / 梦境 (mèngjìng)
* 夢寐 / 梦寐 (mèngmèi)
* 夢寐以求 / 梦寐以求 (mèngmèiyǐqiú)
* 夢幻 / 梦幻 (mènghuàn)
* 夢幻劇 / 梦幻剧
* 夢幻泡影 / 梦幻泡影
* 夢往神遊 / 梦往神游
* 夢想 / 梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
* 夢想成真 / 梦想成真 (mèngxiǎngchéngzhēn)
* 夢撒 / 梦撒
* 夢撒撩丁 / 梦撒撩丁
* 夢斷魂勞 / 梦断魂劳
* 夢斷魂消 / 梦断魂消
* 夢斷黃粱 / 梦断黄粱
* 夢溪筆談 / 梦溪笔谈 (Mèng Xī Bǐtán)
* 夢熊 / 梦熊
* 夢熊之喜 / 梦熊之喜
* 夢筆 / 梦笔
* 夢筆生花 / 梦笔生花 (mèngbǐshēnghuā)
* 夢粱錄 / 梦粱录
* 夢羆 / 梦罴
* 夢華 / 梦华
* 夢蘭 / 梦兰 (mènglán)
* 夢蘭叶吉 / 梦兰叶吉
* 夢虺 / 梦虺
* 夢蛇 / 梦蛇
* 夢蝶 / 梦蝶 (mèngdié)
* 夢行症 / 梦行症
* 夢裡蝴蝶 / 梦里蝴蝶
* 夢見 / 梦见 (mèngjiàn)
* 夢覺黃粱 / 梦觉黄粱
* 夢話 / 梦话 (mènghuà)
* 夢遊 / 梦游 (mèngyóu)
* 夢遊症 / 梦游症 (mèngyóuzhèng)
* 夢遺 / 梦遗 (mèngyí)
* 夢鄉 / 梦乡 (mèngxiāng)
* 夢雲 / 梦云
* 夢魂 / 梦魂 (mènghún)
* 夢魂顛倒 / 梦魂颠倒
* 夢魘 / 梦魇 (mèngyǎn)
* 大夢 / 大梦 (dàmèng)
* 大夢初醒 / 大梦初醒
* 好夢 / 好梦 (hǎomèng)
* 如夢令 / 如梦令
* 如夢似幻 / 如梦似幻
* 如夢初覺 / 如梦初觉
* 如夢初醒 / 如梦初醒 (rúmèngchūxǐng)
* 如夢如醉 / 如梦如醉
* 如夢方醒 / 如梦方醒 (rúmèngfāngxǐng)
* 好夢難圓 / 好梦难圆
* 好夢難成 / 好梦难成
* 如痴如夢 / 如痴如梦
* 如醉如夢 / 如醉如梦
* 寤夢 / 寤梦
* 巫山之夢 / 巫山之梦
* 席夢思 / 席梦思 (xímèngsī)
* 幻夢 / 幻梦 (huànmèng)
* 幻夢成空 / 幻梦成空
* 幽夢影 / 幽梦影
* 惡夢 / 恶梦 (èmèng)
* 戰地春夢 / 战地春梦
* 打夢 / 打梦
* 托夢 / 托梦 (tuōmèng)
* 揚州夢 / 扬州梦
* 擾人清夢 / 扰人清梦 (rǎorénqīngmèng)
* 春夢 / 春梦 (chūnmèng)
* 春夢一場 / 春梦一场
* 春夢婆 / 春梦婆
* 春夢無痕 / 春梦无痕
* 春秋大夢 / 春秋大梦 (chūnqiūdàmèng)
* 更長夢短 / 更长梦短
* 江淹夢筆 / 江淹梦笔
* 江淹夢錦 / 江淹梦锦
* 浮生若夢 / 浮生若梦 (fúshēngruòmèng)
* 清明夢 / 清明梦 (qīngmíngmèng)
* 清醒夢 / 清醒梦 (qīngxǐngmèng)
* 淘金夢 / 淘金梦
* 游園驚夢 / 游园惊梦
* 濕夢 / 湿梦
* 炊臼之夢 / 炊臼之梦
* 熊羆入夢 / 熊罴入梦
* 燕姞夢蘭 / 燕姞梦兰
* 生桑之夢 / 生桑之梦
* 異夢離心 / 异梦离心
* 痴人說夢 / 痴人说梦 (chīrénshuōmèng)
* 發夢 / 发梦 (fāmèng)
* 白日夢 / 白日梦 (báirìmèng)
* 眠思夢想 / 眠思梦想
* 睡夢 / 睡梦 (shuìmèng)
* 筆夢生花 / 笔梦生花
* 紅塵客夢 / 红尘客梦
* 紅樓夢 / 红楼梦 (Hónglóumèng)
* 羅含夢鳥 / 罗含梦鸟
* 羅浮夢 / 罗浮梦
* 美國夢 / 美国梦 (Měiguómèng)
* 美夢 / 美梦 (měimèng)
* 美夢成真 / 美梦成真 (měimèngchéngzhēn)
* 美夢難圓 / 美梦难圆
* 耿夢 / 耿梦
* 胡蝶夢 / 胡蝶梦 (húdiémèng)
* 至人無夢 / 至人无梦
* 舊夢重溫 / 旧梦重温
* 茵夢湖 / 茵梦湖
* 莊周夢蝶 / 庄周梦蝶 (zhuāngzhōumèngdié)
* 華胥之夢 / 华胥之梦
* 蔣夢麟 / 蒋梦麟
* 蕉鹿夢 / 蕉鹿梦
* 蘭夢 / 兰梦
* 虺蛇入夢 / 虺蛇入梦
* 蝶夢 / 蝶梦
* 蝴蝶夢 / 蝴蝶梦 (húdiémèng)
* 蟻夢 / 蚁梦
* 解夢 / 解梦 (jiěmèng)
* 觭夢 / 觭梦
* 託夢 / 托梦 (tuōmèng)
* 詳夢 / 详梦
* 說夢 / 说梦
* 說夢話 / 说梦话 (shuō mènghuà)
* 迷夢 / 迷梦 (mímèng)
* 遺精夢泄 / 遗精梦泄
* 邯鄲一夢 / 邯郸一梦
* 邯鄲之夢 / 邯郸之梦
* 邯鄲夢 / 邯郸梦
* 酣夢 / 酣梦 (hānmèng)
* 醉生夢死 / 醉生梦死 (zuìshēngmèngsǐ)
* 重溫舊夢 / 重温旧梦
* 鈞天夢 / 钧天梦
* 長役夢魂 / 长役梦魂
* 陶庵夢憶 / 陶庵梦忆
* 陽臺春夢 / 阳台春梦
* 雲夢 / 云梦 (Yúnmèng)
* 雲夢大澤 / 云梦大泽
* 雲夢縣 / 云梦县
* 飛熊入夢 / 飞熊入梦
* 馮夢龍 / 冯梦龙
* 魂牽夢縈 / 魂牵梦萦 (húnqiān-mèngyíng)
* 黃粱一夢 / 黄粱一梦 (huángliángyīmèng)
* 黃粱夢 / 黄粱梦 (huángliángmèng)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: mộng (夢)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): méng (meng$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mung$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: méng
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: méng
*** Wade–Giles: mêng$^2$
*** Yale: méng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
*** Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɤŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mung$^4$
*** Yale: mùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mʊŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: mjuwng
Rime :
| Character | 夢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 莫中切 |
| Baxter | mjuwng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mɨuŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /miuŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muwŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /miuŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭuŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi̯uŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | méng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 夢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 8996 |
| Phonetic component | 夢 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 瞢 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯŋ/ |

#### Definitions

夢
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) muddled
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Mín jīn fāng dài, shì tiān méngméng. [Pinyin]
    The people now amidst their perils, Look to Heaven, all dark.

#### Compounds

* 夢夢 / 梦梦
* 夢夢查查 / 梦梦查查
* 夢夢銃銃 / 梦梦铳铳

### References

* “夢”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “梦”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 155.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: む (mu, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
* Kun: ゆめ (yume, 夢, Jōyō)、ゆめみる (yumemiru, 夢みる)、くらい (kurai, 夢い)

#### Compounds

* 夢(む)境(きょう) (mukyō)
* 夢(む)幻(げん) (mugen)
* 夢(む)魂(こん) (mukon)
* 夢(む)死(し) (mushi)
* 夢(む)相(そう) (musō)
* 夢(む)想(そう) (musō)
* 夢(む)中(ちゅう) (muchū)
* 夢(む)裏(り) (muri)
* 悪(あく)夢(む) (akumu)
* 淫(いん)夢(む) (inmu)
* 快(かい)夢(む) (kaimu)
* 怪(かい)夢(む) (kaimu)
* 槐(かい)夢(む) (kaimu)
* 客(かく)夢(む) (kakumu)
* 吉(きち)夢(む) (kichimu)
* 凶(きょう)夢(む) (kyōmu)
* 郷(きょう)夢(む) (kyōmu)
* 虚(きょ)夢(む) (kyomu)
* 残(ざん)夢(む) (zanmu)
* 実(じつ)夢(む) (jitsumu)
* 春(しゅん)夢(む) (shunmu)
* 瑞(ずい)夢(む) (zuimu)
* 酔(すい)夢(む) (suimu)
* 性(せい)夢(む) (seimu)
* 占(せん)夢(む) (senmu)
* 痴(ち)夢(む) (chimu)
* 昼(ちゅう)夢(む) (chūmu)
* 迷(めい)夢(む) (meimu)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 夢
* ゆめ Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
⟨i me$_2$⟩ → */jiməɨ/ → /jɨme/ → /jume/
Shift from Old Japanese 夢 (ime$_2$), itself a compound of 寝 (i, “sleep, sleeping”, obsolete) +‎ 目 (me, “eye; sight, vision”).
Appears in texts from the 900s.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ゆめ [yùméꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [jɯ̟me̞]

#### Noun

夢(ゆめ) • (yume)
* a dream
** 1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], 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), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 275:
    これはなんです！
       Kore wa nan desu!
       What is this!?
    こ　これは夢(ゆめ)カメラといって……
       Ko kore wa Yume Kamera to itte……
       Th– This was taken with the Dream Camera…
    なにをユメみたいなこといってるんですか
       Nani o yume mitai na koto itterun desu ka
       Are you saying this is just a dream!?
* a vision (wish for the future)
* leaving reality to the state of lusciousness (Can we verify this sense?)
* a fantasy (idea from one's imagination)
* an illusion or delusion
    Synonym: 迷夢 (meimu)
* something fragile (Can we verify this sense?)

##### Derived terms

* 夢(ゆめ)夢(ゆめ)し (yumeyumeshi)
* 夢(ゆめ)む (yumemu)
* 夢(ゆめ)合(あ)わせ (yumeawase)
* 夢(ゆめ)現(うつつ) (yume-utsutsu)
* 夢(ゆめ)か現(うつつ)か (yume ka utsutsu ka)
* 夢(ゆめ)語(がた)り (yumegatari)
* 夢(ゆめ)路(じ) (yumeji)
* 夢(ゆめ)助(すけ), 夢(ゆめ)介(すけ) (Yumesuke)
* 夢(ゆめ)違(ちが)い (yumechigai)
* 夢(ゆめ)違(ちが)え (yumechigae), 夢(ゆめ)違(たが)え (yumetagae)
* 夢(ゆめ)の通(かよ)い路(じ) (yume no kayoiji)
* 夢(ゆめ)の告(つ)げ (yume no tsuge)
* 夢(ゆめ)の名(な)残(ごり) (yume no nagori)
* 夢(ゆめ)の間(ま) (yume no ma)
* 夢(ゆめ)の世(よ) (yume no yo)
* 夢(ゆめ)許(ばか)り (yumebakari)
* 夢(ゆめ)話(ばなし) (yumebanashi)
* 夢(ゆめ)人(びと) (yumebito)
* 夢(ゆめ)幻(まぼろし) (yume-maboroshi)
* 夢(ゆめ)見(み) (yumemi)
* 夢(ゆめ)見(み)る (yumemiru)
* 夢(ゆめ)物(もの)語(がたり) (yume monogatari)
* 逆(さか)夢(ゆめ) (sakayume)
* 空(そら)夢(ゆめ) (sorayume)
* 初(はつ)夢(ゆめ) (hatsuyume)
* 正(まさ)夢(ゆめ) (masayume)

##### Idioms

* 夢(ゆめ)を合(あ)わす (yume o awasu)
* 夢(ゆめ)を描(えが)く (yume o egaku)
* 夢(ゆめ)を託(たく)する (yume o taku suru)
* 夢(ゆめ)を見(み)る (yume o miru)
* 夢(ゆめ)を結(むす)ぶ (yume o musubu)
* 京(きょう)の夢(ゆめ)大(おお)阪(さか)の夢(ゆめ) (kyō no yume Ōsaka no yume)
* 長(ちょう)夜(や)の夢(ゆめ)を覚(さ)ます (chōya no yume o samasu)

##### Proverbs

* 夢(ゆめ)に夢(ゆめ)見(み)る (yume ni yumemiru)
* 夢(ゆめ)の跡(あと) (yume no ato)
* 夢(ゆめ)は五(ご)臓(ぞう)のわずらい (yume wa gozō no wazurai)
* 夢(ゆめ)の夢(ゆめ) (yume no yume), 夢(ゆめ)のまた夢(ゆめ) (yume no mata yume)
* 夢(ゆめ)は逆(さか)夢(ゆめ) (yume wa sakayume)
* 一(いっ)炊(すい)の夢(ゆめ) (issui no yume)
* 浮(うき)世(よ)は夢(ゆめ) (ukiyo wa yume)
* 邯(かん)鄲(たん)の夢(ゆめ) (kantan no yume)
* 昨日(きのう)の花(はな)は今日(きょう)の夢(ゆめ) (kinō no hana wa kyō no yume)
* 槿(きん)花(か)一(いっ)朝(ちょう)の夢(ゆめ) (kinka itchō no yume)
* 池(ち)塘(とう)春(しゅん)草(そう)の夢(ゆめ) (chitō shunsō no yume)
* 南(なん)柯(か)の夢(ゆめ) (nanka no yume)
* 浮(ふ)生(せい)夢(ゆめ)の如(ごと)し (fusei yume no gotoshi)
* 盧(ろ)生(せい)の夢(ゆめ) (rosei no yume)

#### Proper noun

夢(ゆめ) • (Yume)
* a female given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 夢
* む Grade: 5
* goon
From Middle Chinese 夢 (MC mjuwngH).

#### Affix

夢(む) • (mu)
* dream
* illusion
* vision
* fantasy

##### Derived terms

* 正(せい)夢(む) (seimu)
* 白(はく)昼(ちゅう)夢(む) (hakuchūmu)
* 霊(れい)夢(む) (reimu)

### References

* 1 2 “夢”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ “夢”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Alternative forms

* 㒱

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 夢 (MC mjuwngH).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 모ᇰ〮 (Yale: mwóng) | 모ᇰ〮 (Yale: mwóng) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | ᄭᅮᆷ〮 (Yale: skwúm) | 모ᇰ〯 (Yale: mwǒng) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [mo̞(ː)ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [몽(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 夢 (eumhun 꿈 몽 (kkum mong))
* hanja form of 몽 (“dream”) [affix]

#### Compounds

* 길몽 (吉夢, gilmong)
* 몽매 (夢寐, mongmae)
* 몽상 (夢想, mongsang)
* 몽설 (夢泄, mongseol)
* 몽유 (夢遊, mong'yu)
* 몽정 (夢精, mongjeong)
* 몽환 (夢幻, monghwan)
* 악몽 (惡夢, angmong)
* 태몽 (胎夢, taemong)
* 해몽 (解夢, haemong)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 夢
* いみ Grade: 5
* kun'yomi
夢(いみ) (imi)
* dream

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *imay.
Compound of 寢 (i, “sleep, sleeping”) +‎ 目 (me$_2$, “eye; sight, vision”).

### Noun

夢 (ime$_2$) (kana いめ)
* a dream
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 490:, text here
    真野之浦乃与騰乃継橋情由毛思哉妹之伊目尓之所見Mano$_1$-no$_2$-ura no$_2$ yo$_2$do$_2$ no$_2$ tugi$_1$pasi ko$_2$ko$_2$ro$_2$ yu mo omope$_2$ ya imo ga ime$_2$ ni si mi$_1$yuruinside Mano a faltered bridge and even through the heart the memories in the dream the sister was to be seen

#### Derived terms

* 夢合はせ (ime$_2$apase)
* 夢の逢ひ (ime$_2$ no$_2$ api$_1$)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 夢 (yume)

### References

* ↑ “夢”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ “夢”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Vietnamese
### Han character

夢: Hán Nôm readings: mộng, mọng, mống, mồng, mòng, muống
* chữ Hán form of mộng (“dream”).

#### References

* Nom Foundation