Kanji N3

夢: dream, vision, illusion

夢 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning dream, vision, illusion, written with 13 strokes. It is read ム, ボウ (on) and ゆめ, ゆめみる, くらい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 夢 (ゆめ, dream) and 夢中 (むちゅう, absorbed in).

夢

Meanings

  • dream
  • vision
  • illusion
Strokes13
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#943 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ム
  • ボウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ゆめ
  • ゆめみる
  • くらい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 夢

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 夢ゆめ

    dream

    JLPT N4
  • 夢中むちゅう

    absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about

    JLPT N3
  • 悪夢あくむ

    nightmare; bad dream

  • 夢にもゆめにも

    (not) in the slightest; (not) at all

  • 夢想むそう

    dream; vision; reverie

  • 夢幻むげん

    dreams; fantasy; visions

  • 初夢はつゆめ

    first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck)

  • 夢物語ゆめものがたり

    account of a dream

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.