Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

943 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: dream, vision, illusion

Kunyomi: ゆめ ゆめ.みる くら.い

Onyomi: ボウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ゆうべ

Meaning: evening, sunset

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

中で(むちゅうで)   be absorbed, be engrossed

想家(むそうか)   dreamer

(あくむ)   nightmare

(ゆめ)   dream [n.]

(はつゆめ)   first dream of the year

(まさゆめ)   dream that comes true

Onyomi Examples

ムチュウ absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to, forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium, within a dream, while dreaming

ムソウ dream, vision, reverie

同床異 ドウショウイム cohabiting but living in different worlds

カイム strange dream

Kunyomi Examples

ゆめ dream

にも ゆめにも (not) in the slightest, (not) at all

はつゆめ first dream of the year

さかゆめ a dream which is contradicted by reality

見る ゆめみる to dream (of)