夢 Stroke Order

夢 mèng [名] noun 【本义】: 睡眠中的幻象 1. The phenomenon of images or activities caused during sleep by various stimuli from within the body or external stimuli remaining in the brain. 2. 做夢: to dream. 3. 比喻幻想或願望: metaphorically refers to fantasies or wishes. 【造字法】: 會意。小篆字形，由“宀”(房子)、“爿”(床)、“夢”(不明)三字合成。意為夜間在牀上睡覺，眼前模糊看不清，即作夢。“夢”由“苜”(mò, 眼看不清)、“宀”(人的變形)、“夕”(晚間)三字會意。 【引】 citations 1. 《虞初新志·秋聲詩自序》：婦夢中咳嗽。 (A woman coughs in her dream.) 2. 宋·陸游《十一月四日風雨人作》：鐵馬冰河入夢來。 (Iron horses and icy rivers enter dreams.) 3. 清·袁枚《黃生借書說》：形諸夢。 (Portraying it in dreams.) 4. 清·林覺民《與妻書》：夢中得我。 (You find me in your dream.) 【例】 examples 如: 夢迷 (still confused after waking up); 夢夢銃銃 (describing a hazy sleep); 夢思 (longing in a dream); 夢中夢 (a dream within a dream); 夢語 (words spoken in dreams); 夢啼妝淚紅闌干 (crying in a dream, leaving trails of red on the powdered face). 2. 湖澤 ([En.] lake). 如: 夢澤 (namely Yunmengze); 夢溪 (a place name in modern Jiangsu Province). 夢 mèng [動] verb 1. 做夢 ([En.] dream; have a dream). 【引】 citations 1. 晉·幹寶《搜神記》：王夢見一兒。 (Wang dreamed of a child.) 2. 漢·王充《論衡·訂鬼篇》：臥則夢聞。 (When lying down, one dreams and hears.) 3. 唐·李白《夢遊天姥吟留別》：我欲因之夢吳越。 (I wish to dream of Wuyue.) 4. 唐·白居易《琵琶行(並序)》：夜深忽夢少年事。 (In the late night, suddenly dreaming of youth.) 【例】 examples 如: 夢枕 (a pillow said to induce dreams); 夢花 (dreaming of flowers). 2. 比喻幻想 ([En.] illusion; dream). 如: 夢鄉 (dreamland); 夢影 (illusion); 夢想 (dreams or aspirations).