夢
mèng HSK4

dream

← Back to history
approved by Peter Olson · Nov 3, 2021, 11:59 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 3, 2021, 11:59 PM

verify

Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components, customSources, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Phonosemantic compound. 瞢 represents the sound and 夕 represents the meaning.

Components

瞢
瞢 SoundRemnant component
夕
夕 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjuwngHC.məŋ-s dream

說文解字

《說文》：“夢，不明也。从夕，瞢省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.608-609
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)