望

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See also: 朢
望 U+671B, 望
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671B
← 朚
[U+671A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朜 →
[U+671C]
望 U+FA93, 望
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA93
← 朗
[U+FA92] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 杖 →
[U+FA94]
望 U+2F8D9, 望
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D9
← 朗
[U+2F8D8] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 朡 →
[U+2F8DA]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese 望
Simplified 望
Traditional 望

Alternative forms[edit]

Note that in simplified Chinese and Vietnamese scripts, 亡 is written with an upward hook. In Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional Chinese script), 月 is written like 夕 with an extra slash below while 王 is written as 𡈼. In China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the bottom component is written 王. Note that the standard Kangxi form is written ⿱⿰亡月𡈼.

Han character[edit]

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(GJKV) or ⿱⿰亡⿱夕㇔𡈼(HT))

References[edit]

  • 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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 望
simp. # 望
variant forms 朢

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
忙 *maːŋ
芒 *maːŋ, *maŋ
茫 *maːŋ
恾 *maːŋ
吂 *maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒 *maːŋ, *maŋs
朚 *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙 *maːŋ, *maŋ
杗 *maːŋ, *maŋ
荒 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓 *hmaːŋ
衁 *hmaːŋ
巟 *hmaːŋ
詤 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊 *hmaːŋʔ
喪 *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡 *maŋ
望 *maŋ, *maŋs
莣 *maŋ
朢 *maŋ, *maŋs
鋩 *maŋ
硭 *maŋ
忘 *maŋ, *maŋs
网 *mlaŋʔ
罔 *mlaŋʔ
蛧 *maŋʔ
網 *mlaŋʔ
輞 *maŋʔ
棢 *maŋʔ
惘 *maŋʔ
菵 *maŋʔ
誷 *maŋʔ
魍 *maŋʔ
妄 *maŋs
盲 *mraːŋ
蝱 *mraːŋ
虻 *mraːŋ
氓 *mraːŋ
甿 *mraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maŋ, *maŋs): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 月 + semantic 𡈼.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: bhuang6 - “fame, 15th day in a lunar month”.
Note:
  • 3maan - vernacular;
  • 3vaan - literary.
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
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/

Definitions[edit]

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 dou3-2 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!
    望左 [Cantonese]  ―  mong6 zo2 [Jyutping]  ―  look left (found on roads in Hong Kong)
  3. to hope; to expect
  4. fame; reputation
    名望  ―  míngwàng  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
    威望  ―  wēiwàng  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
  5. fifteenth day in a lunar month

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 視
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 看
Mandarin Beijing 看、瞧、瞅
Taiwan 看
Jinan 看
Xi'an 看
Wuhan 看、睄、瞄
Chengdu 看、𧢭
Yangzhou 看、望
Hefei 看、望
Cantonese Guangzhou 睇、望
Hong Kong 睇、望
Taishan 睇、望
Yangjiang 看、睇、瞄
Gan Nanchang 看、相
Hakka Meixian 看、睞
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 看
Liudui (S. Sixian) 看
Hsinchu (Hailu) 看
Dongshi (Dabu) 看
Zhuolan (Raoping) 看
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 看
Jin Taiyuan 看、瞭
Min Bei Jian'ou 覷
Min Dong Fuzhou 看、覷
Min Nan Xiamen 看
Quanzhou 看
Zhangzhou 看
Taipei 看
Chaozhou 睇
Shantou 睇
Wu Shanghai 看
Suzhou 看、望
Wenzhou 眙、張
Xiang Changsha 看
Shuangfeng 看、相

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 望

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

望

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. wish
  2. hope
  3. desire

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

望 (hiragana のぞむ, rōmaji Nozomu)

  1. A male given name

Proper noun[edit]

望 (hiragana のぞみ, rōmaji Nozomi)

  1. A female given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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 (yeotboda, yeot-) to peek, peep
  5. 이름 (ireum) name, fame
  6. 보름 (boreum) full moon

Words[edit]

  1. 희망 (希望, himang) hope
  2. 망원경 (望遠鏡, manwongyeong) telescope
  3. 절망 (絶望, jeolmang) despair
  4. 전망 (展望, jeonmang) view, outlook
  5. 실망 (失望, shilmang) disappointment, disillusionment
  6. 망제 (望祭, mangje) ancestor worship
  7. 원망하다 (怨望, wonmanghada) to deplore, reproach
  8. 선망하다 (羨望, seonmang) to envy
  9. 망루 (望樓, mangru) watchtower

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

望 (vọng)

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