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The Chinese word 梦 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
1. Variant of 夢

梦 ⇨ 林 + 夕
Component Pinyin Meanings
lín 1. forest; grove; woods
     竹林 - bamboo forest
     防風林 - windbreak; shelterbelt
2. circle; community; group of similar people or things
     武林 - martial arts world
3. forestry
4. , commonly romanized as Lin, Lim, and Lam
      - - Lin Moniang (a Chinese sea goddess also known by several other names and titles)
      - Lin Biao (a Marshal of the People's Republic of China)
1. night; evening; dusk
2. Simplified form of 穸
3. Variant of 月
4. Variant of 明

林 ⇨ 木 + 木
Component Pinyin Meanings
1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms:
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
      桌子 。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
      手指 。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
1. tree; woody plant
     Synonyms:
     樹木 - tree
     灌木 - shrub
     木芍藥 - tree peony
2. wood; timber
     木頭tou - log
3. wooden
      桌子 。 - This table is made of wood
4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
     木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
     棺木 - coffin
     就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
     有木有 - innit, damn right
6. numb
     麻木 - numb, insensitive
      手指 。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.