望 – ambition, full moon, hope

11 strokesTaught in grade 4#470 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 望 means ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ、モウ (bou, mou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is のぞ.む、もち (nozomu, mochi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 月 (no. 74).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
On’yomi	モウ	mou
Kun’yomi	のぞ.む	nozomu
Kun’yomi	もち	mochi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 月 (Kangxi radical 74). Components: 王・亡・月.

Words using 望

失望しつぼうdisappointment希望きぼうhope望みのぞみwish望むのぞむto desire志望しぼうwish望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうtelescope展望てんぼうview待望たいぼうwaiting expectantly有望ゆうぼうpromising要望ようぼうdemand for欲望よくぼうdesire望ましいのぞましいdesirable待ち望むまちのぞむto wait eagerly for

Example sentences

私はその結果に失望した。

I was disappointed at the results.

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これが彼のたった一つの希望であった。

This was his one and only hope.

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あなたの望みが実現するといいですね。

I hope your wish will come true.

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Kanji with the same radical

月期朝有服朗

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.