Chinese symbol for “reverie”
遐想
xiá xiǎng
reverie; daydream; to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reverie is 遐想 (xiá xiǎng), defined as: reverie; daydream; to be lost in wild and fanciful thoughts.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “reverie”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梦幻 (夢幻) | mèng huàn | dream; illusion |
| 白日梦 (白日夢) | bái rì mèng | daydream; reverie |
| 遐思 | xiá sī | to fancy from afar; reverie |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遐想.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闻名遐迩 (聞名遐邇) | wén míng xiá ěr | (idiom) to be famous far and wide |
| 遐迩 (遐邇) | xiá ěr | near and far; far and wide |
| 遐思 | xiá sī | to fancy from afar; reverie |
| 遐龄 (遐齡) | xiá líng | advanced age; longevity |
| 升遐 | shēng xiá | to pass away (of an emperor) |
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 不想 | bù xiǎng | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reverie”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.