Japanese symbol for “visions”
夢幻
むげん
Romaji: mugen
dreams; fantasy; visions
In Japanese, visions is 夢幻, read むげん (mugen).
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Meanings
- n dreams; fantasy; visions
Written forms: 夢幻. Readings: むげん、ゆめまぼろし.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “visions”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻夢 | げんむ genmu | dreams; visions; phantasms |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悪夢 | あくむ akumu | nightmare; bad dream |
| 夢中 | むちゅう muchuu | absorbed in; immersed in; crazy about |
| 夢にも | ゆめにも yumenimo | (not) in the slightest; (not) at all |
| 夢想 | むそう musou | dream; vision; reverie |
| 夢見 | ゆめみ yumemi | having a dream |
| 幻想 | げんそう gensou | fantasy; illusion; vision |
| 幻覚 | げんかく genkaku | hallucination; illusion |
| 幻影 | げんえい gen'ei | phantom; vision; illusion |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.