Simplified form of 夢. Depicts a person with an exaggerated eye (𦰋) moving around their arms and face in bed (爿) while dreaming. 𦰋 also represents the sound. The 爿 (bed) component was later reanalyzed as meaning component 夕 (evening).
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Traditional
Depicts a person with an exaggerated eye (𦰋) moving around their arms and face in bed (爿) while dreaming. 𦰋 also represents the sound. The 爿 (bed) component was later reanalyzed as meaning component 夕 (evening).
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | mjuwngH | C.məŋ-s | dream |
說文解字
《說文》：“夢，不明也。从夕，瞢省聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫林志強、田勝男、葉玉英《《文源》評注》p.229-230劉志基《中國漢字文物大系》Vol. 7, p.558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)