夢 – dream, vision, illusion

13 strokesTaught in grade 5#943 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 夢 means dream, vision, illusion. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ム、ボウ (mu, bou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆめ、ゆめ.みる、くら.い (yume, yumemiru, kurai). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 夕 (no. 36).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ム	mu
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
Kun’yomi	ゆめ	yume
Kun’yomi	ゆめ.みる	yumemiru
Kun’yomi	くら.い	kurai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 夕 (Kangxi radical 36). Components: 買・夕・冖・艾.

Words using 夢

夢ゆめdream夢中むちゅうabsorbed in

Example sentences

あなたの夢がみんな実現されますように。

May all your dreams come true!

Tatoeba #233006

私は、うれしくて夢中だった。

I was beside myself with joy.

Tatoeba #162377

Kanji with the same radical

外多夜夕

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