What does the bottom part of 夢 mean, right under the 3 squares?


I've been looking all over for the response but in 夢(dream) what does the
bottom part right below the three little squares mean or say??




  * [This page](http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput=%E5%A4%A2) says it's a bed or a sleeping person.
  * [This page](http://www.slownet.ne.jp/sns/area/culture/reading/kodai/201002031622-2000001.html) says it's a 被せ物 (cover, veil).

As for the uppermost part (⺾), some say [it's
grass](https://okjiten.jp/kanji172.html#a), some say [it's horns of a
sheep](http://www.slownet.ne.jp/sns/area/culture/reading/kodai/201002031622-2000001.html),
some say [it's
eyelash](http://lcprichi.hkbu.edu.hk/search/show_word.php?id=568). The pages
I've seen so far consistently say that the "squares" (⺫) part refers to 目
(eye).

It's often very difficult or impossible to determine the etymology of each
kanji. We have [the shapes of some old variants of this
kanji](http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput=%E5%A4%A2),
but people today can only speculate it's meaning.




  * [This page](http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput=%E5%A4%A2) says it's a bed or a sleeping person.
  * [This page](http://www.slownet.ne.jp/sns/area/culture/reading/kodai/201002031622-2000001.html) says it's a 被せ物 (cover, veil).

As for the uppermost part (⺾), some say [it's
grass](https://okjiten.jp/kanji172.html#a), some say [it's horns of a
sheep](http://www.slownet.ne.jp/sns/area/culture/reading/kodai/201002031622-2000001.html),
some say [it's
eyelash](http://lcprichi.hkbu.edu.hk/search/show_word.php?id=568). The pages
I've seen so far consistently say that the "squares" (⺫) part refers to 目
(eye).

It's often very difficult or impossible to determine the etymology of each
kanji. We have [the shapes of some old variants of this
kanji](http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput=%E5%A4%A2),
but people today can only speculate it's meaning.

