望

Character	望
Codepoint	U+671B

See also: 朢

Translingual

Han character

望 (radical 74 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜月竹土 (YBHG), 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

望 (Yale mong6)

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Japanese

Kanji

望

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぼう (bō), もう (mō)
• 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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Mandarin

Hanzi

望 (Pinyin wàng (wang4), Wade-Giles wang⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

望 (*miɑng miɑ̀ng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

望 (vọng)