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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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⿳  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
daze; (in a) trance; ecstasy; delirium; engrossment; within a (deep) dream
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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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