望

See also: 朢

Character	望 U+671B, 望
Name	CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671B
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
← 朚 [U+671A] [U+671C] 朜 →

Translingual

Han character

望 (radical 74 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜月竹土 (YBHG) or 卜月一土 (YBMG), four-corner 0710₄, composition ⿱⿰亡月王)

1. to look at, look forward
2. to hope, expect

References

• KangXi: page 505, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14368
• Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2080, character 2
• Unihan data for U+671B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàng (wang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mong
• Min Nan (POJ): bāng / bōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: wàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ
    • Wade-Giles: wang⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanq
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶
    • Yale: mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mong⁴
    • IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bāng / bōng
    • Tâi-lô: bāng / bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bang, bong
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³/, /bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ²²/, /bɔŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /mʉɐŋ/, /mʉɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	望	望
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	武方切	巫放切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐŋ/	/mʉɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐŋ/	/mʷiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɑŋ/	/miuɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muaŋ/	/muaŋH/
Li Rong	/miuaŋ/	/miuaŋH/
Wang Li	/mĭwaŋ/	/mĭwaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/miwaŋ/	/miwaŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wáng	wàng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*maŋ/, /*maŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maŋ/, /*maŋs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	望	望
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàng	wàng
Middle Chinese	‹ mjang ›	‹ mjangH ›
Old Chinese	/*maŋ/	/*maŋ-s/
English	look at from a distance	look at from a distance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	望	望
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12667	12686
Phonetic component	亡	亡
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	亡	妄
Old Chinese	/*maŋ/	/*maŋs/

Verb

望

1. to gaze at; to stare at

   舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

   举头望明月，低头思故乡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Tang Dynasty, 李白 (Li Bai), 靜夜思 ("Quiet Night Thought")

   Jǔtóu wàng míngyuè, dītóu sī gùxiāng. [Pinyin]

   I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon and bow my head to think of my hometown.

2. (Cantonese) to look

   我望嚟望去都望唔到喎！ [Cantonese, trad.]

   我望嚟望去都望唔到㖞！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   Ngo⁵ mong⁶ lai⁴ mong⁶ heoi³ dou¹ mong⁶ m⁴ dou^3-2 wo³! [Jyutping]

   I kept looking but I still can't see it!

   望下嗰度！ / 望下𠮶度！ [Cantonese]  ―  Mong⁶ haa⁵ go² dou⁶! [Jyutping]  ―  Look over there!

See also

• 看 (kàn, “to see; to look at”)
• 見／见 (jiàn, “to see”)

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Japanese

Kanji

望

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: もう (mō)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: のぞむ (nozomu), のぞみ (nozomi), もち (mochi)

Compounds

• 望遠 (bōen): seeing at a distance
• 希望 (kibō): hope, wish, aspiration

Proper noun

望 ‎(hiragana のぞむ, romaji Nozomu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

望 • ‎(mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

1. 바라다 (barada) to desire, expect, hope
2. 바라보다 (baraboda) to gaze, look
3. 우러러보다 (ureoreoboda) to admire, respect
4. 엿보다 (yeosboda, yeot-) to peek, peep
5. 원망하다 (wonmanghada) to deplore, reproach
6. 이름 (ireum) name, fame
7. 망제 (望祭, mangje) ancestor worship
8. 보름 (boreum) full moon

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Vietnamese

Han character

望 (vọng)

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