夢魂

Chinese

		to dream	soul
trad. (夢魂)		夢	魂
simp. (梦魂)		梦	魂
anagram		魂夢／魂梦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mènghún

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mènghún
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mènghún
    • Wade–Giles: mêng⁴-hun²
    • Yale: mèng-hwún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqhwen
    • Palladius: мэнхунь (mɛnxunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ xu̯ən³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: mjuwngH hwon

Rime
Character	夢	魂
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	莫鳳切	戸昆切
Baxter	mjuwngH	hwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨuŋH/	/ɦuən/
Pan Wuyun	/miuŋH/	/ɦuon/
Shao Rongfen	/miuŋH/	/ɣuən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muwŋH/	/ɦwən/
Li Rong	/miuŋH/	/ɣuən/
Wang Li	/mĭuŋH/	/ɣuən/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯uŋH/	/ɣuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mèng	hún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mung6	wan4

Noun

夢魂

1. (literary) one's soul while in a dream; dream-soul (once believed to leave the body during dreams)

   • 聞道漢家天子使，九華帳裡夢魂驚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     闻道汉家天子使，九华帐里梦魂惊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 809 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     Wén dào Hàn jiā tiānzǐ shǐ, jiǔhuázhàng lǐ mènghún jīng. [Pinyin]

     Hearing that it was an emissary of the Han family's Son of Heaven, the dreaming soul was startled awake from within the resplendent tent.

   • 若使夢魂行有跡，門前石路半成沙。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 16th century, 李玉峰 (Yi Ok-bong), 《玉峰集》

     Yak sa monghon haeng yu jeok, munjeon seongno ban seong sa. [Sino-Korean]

     If I made my dreaming self leave traces as it passed, the stone road outside your door would be half worn down to sand.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (夢魂):

• → Japanese: 夢魂(むこん) (mukon)
• → Korean: 몽혼(夢魂) (monghon)

Korean

Hanja in this term
夢	魂

Noun

夢魂 • (monghon) (hangeul 몽혼)

1. Hanja form^? of 몽혼 (“(literary) one's soul while in a dream; dream-soul (once believed to leave the body during dreams)”).