mèng HSK4

dream

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approved by Prismcool · Nov 2, 2024, 05:06 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Nov 2, 2024, 05:06 PM

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Simplified form of . Depicts a person with an emphasized eye (𦰋) sleeping on a bed (), conveying the meaning "dream". 𦰋 also represents the sound. The (bed) component was later reanalyzed as meaning component (evening).

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Simplified component

Shorthand for the 𦰋 component in the traditional character .

Meaning component

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.608-609劉志基《中國漢字文物大系》Vol. 7, p.558林志強《《文源》評注》p.229-230漢語多功能字庫
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