(mèng)

HSK 411 strokesTrad.

dream (CL:场,个)

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
mèng
Meaning
dream (CL:场,个); (bound form) to dream
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱林夕

Two eyes shut 林 at night 夕

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form : Two eyes 艹 shut 罒 at night 夕

How to write step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zuòmèng
HSK 4

to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream

Open 做梦 page →
mèngxiǎng
HSK 4

(fig.) to dream of

Open 梦想 page →
mèngjiàn
HSK 4

to dream about (sth or sb)

Open 梦见 page →
mènghuàn
HSK 7-9

dream

Open 梦幻 page →
èmèng

nightmare

Open 噩梦 page →
yuánmèng

to fulfill one's dream; (divination) to predict the future by interpreting …

Open 圆梦 page →

life is but a dream (idiom)

Open 人生如梦 page →
zuòmèng

variant of 做梦

Open 作梦 page →

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