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⿴𠂊⺀𡈼(HT))

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 望
simp. # 望
alternative 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.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mraŋ (“to see”). Cognate with Burmese မြင် (mrang).

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • mong4 - vernacular;
  • vong4 - literary.
  • Min Bei
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • bāng - vernacular;
    • bōng - literary.
    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  ―  fame
      威望  ―  wēiwàng  ―  prestige
    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
    Malaysia 看
    Singapore 看
    Cantonese Guangzhou 睇, 望
    Hong Kong 睇, 望
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 看
    Taishan 睇, 望
    Qingyuan 睇
    Yangjiang 看, 睇, 瞄
    Kuala Lumpur 睇
    Singapore 睇
    Gan Nanchang 看, 相
    Hakka Meixian 看, 睞
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 看
    Liudui (S. Sixian) 看
    Hsinchu (Hailu) 看
    Dongshi (Dabu) 看
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 䀴
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 䀴
    Senai 看
    Huizhou Jixi 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
    Kaohsiung 看
    Tainan 看
    Sanxia 看
    Kinmen 看
    Magong 看
    Penang (Hokkien) 看
    Singapore (Hokkien) 看
    Chaozhou 睇
    Shantou 睇
    Jieyang 睇
    Haifeng 睇
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 睇
    Singapore (Teochew) 睇
    Wenchang 望
    Haikou 望
    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(のぞむ) • (Nozomu) 

    1. A male given name

    Proper noun[edit]

    望(のぞみ) • (Nozomi) 

    1. A female given name

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese 望 (MC mʉɐŋ, mʉɐŋH). Recorded as Middle Korean 마ᇰ〯 (Yale: mang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    望 (eumhun 바랄 망 (baral mang))

    1. Hanja form? of 망 (“to desire; to expect; to hope”).
    2. Hanja form? of 망 (“to gaze; to look”).
    3. Hanja form? of 망 (“to admire; to respect”).
    4. Hanja form? of 망 (“to peek; to peep”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    望 (vọng)

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