Taxonomy of meanings for 夢:　　

  • 夢 mèng (OC: mɯŋs MC: miuŋ) 莫鳳切 去 廣韻：【同㝱又亡中切 】
  • 夢 méng (OC: mɯŋ MC: miuŋ) 莫中切 平 廣韻：【説文曰不明也又武仲切 】
  • 夢 mèng (OC: mɯŋ MC: miuŋ) 莫鳳切 去 廣韻：【寐中神游説文云寐而有覺周禮以日月星辰占六㝱之吉凶一曰正㝱無所感動平安自㝱二曰愕㝱驚愕而㝱三曰思㝱覺時所思念之而㝱四曰寤㝱覺時所道之而㝱五曰喜㝱喜恱而㝱六曰懼㝱恐懼而㝱亦作夢莫鳯切五 】
    • DREAM
      • nabeventdream
      • nadV(see or speak etc) in a dream
      • vt+V[0]dream that one V-s
      • vtoNdream about
      • vtoSdream that S
      • vihave a dreamDS

    Additional information about 夢

    說文解字: 【夢】，不明也。 〔小徐本「明」作「朙」。〕 从夕、瞢省聲。 【莫忠切，又亡貢切】

      Criteria
    • WAKE UP

      1. The current general word for waking up is wù 寤 (ant. mèi 寐 "fall fast asleep").

      2. Jué 覺 (ant. meng 夢 "be deep asleep") refers to waking up, often after a dream.

      3. Xīng 興 (ant. wò 臥 "sleep") refer to rising in the morning.

      NB: Xǐng 醒 "wake up" is post-Han (TANG). In pre-Han times the word means "sober up".

    • DREAM

      1. The current standard word for a dream is mèng 夢.

      2. Xiōng mèng 凶夢 refers to a nightmare.

      ZHOULI 3 占夢：掌其歲時，觀天地之會，辨陰陽之氣。以日月星辰占六夢之吉凶，一曰正夢，二曰噩夢，三曰思夢，四曰寤夢，五曰喜夢，六曰懼夢。季冬，聘王夢，獻吉夢于王，王拜而受之。乃舍萌于四方，以贈惡夢，遂令始難驅疫。

    • NIGHTMARE

      噩夢惡夢