夢魔

简 梦魔 · 繁 夢魔
Mandarin · pinyin mèng mó

Meanings

  1. night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

夢
Look up this written character
魔
mó · demon, evil spirits; magic power
梦
mèng · dream; visionary; wishful
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–2 · meng4 mo2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

夢魔 · find source passages ↗ · 梦魔 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mung6 mo1

Cantonese word readings for 夢魔. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack