Where does “夢” come from?
夢 (Old Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
夢 (Old Japanese): a dream
Ancestry of “夢”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |