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夢 means 'dream'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 712   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-17    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 30    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 46 words   Used in 73 words   Used in 841 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ム
Kun
   ゆめ dream
Additional readings
On    ボウ
Kun    ゆめみる   くらい
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Find out how to talk about sweet dreams, nightmares, and the daydreams you have while studying kanji. Learn to say, "I sacrificed the present moment for the future," "My dream finally came true," and "Never did I dream that ...," as well as "I'm crazy for kanji"! See how the Japanese neutralize inauspicious dreams and which part of a Tokyo temple was built as the result of a sleep dream.
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⿳  艹 (艸) grass  罒 (网) net  ⿵  冖 cover; covered  夕 night  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 夢 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 夢 is used 70 times, read 2 ways.
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ム : 32 words FIND ALL
む ち ゅ う 0
1. absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about; obsessed with; devoted to
2. forgetting oneself; daze; trance; ecstasy; delirium
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ゆめ : 38 words FIND ALL
ゆ め 2
noun
dream
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An additional 3 less common words include 夢 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 816 (originally: 1844)  Joy o' Kanji : 1844  Key to Kanji: 996 

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夢
ム   ゆめ dream   
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
冖
cover; covered   
罒
net
艹
grass   
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