The Japanese kanji for dream: 夢
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The kanji for dream: 夢
Tokyo Dream 夢 — the city that never stops imagining.
夢
- Meaning
- dream
- Kun reading
- yume (Japanese)
- On reading
- MU (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 13
- 5C5V virtue
- Tokyo Dream 夢
書き順Stroke order
夢 is written in 13 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夢中 | muchū | so absorbed you lose track of time |
| 初夢 | hatsuyume | the first dream of the new year, said to tell your luck |
敬意Wearing it
Reads as one clear word, dream, so it works on its own. Common and warm in Japan; nobody will find it odd on a tee.
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