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夢 = 艹 + 罒 + 冖 + 夕

夢 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dream”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort), 罒 (net), 冖 (cover) and 夕 (evening). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 327.

Keyword
dream
RTK frame
327
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ム, ボウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ゆめ, ゆめ.みる, くら.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
мечтать
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
夢 dream

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 罒 net
  3. 冖 cover
  4. 夕 evening

How to find 夢 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “net” + “cover”. 夢 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 夢 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.