Hanja Analyzer
望

望 — mang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
바랄 망
Romanization
mang
English
to look at, look forward; to hope, expect
Mandarin
wàng
Japanese on'yomi
ボウ, モウ
Japanese kun'yomi
のぞ.む もち
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#470 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
月 (74, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+671B

How 望 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 望 as a ideographic compound involving 臣, 𡈼.

Korean example words with 望

  • 대망大望 Korean gloss: 큰 희망
  • 갈망渴望 Korean gloss: 간절히 바람
  • 낙망落望 Korean gloss: 희망을 잃음
  • 망간望間 Korean gloss: 음력 보름께
  • 대망待望 Korean gloss: 기다리고 바람
  • 민망民望 Korean gloss: 백성들의 믿음
  • 성망盛望 Korean gloss: 높고 큰 덕망
  • 열망熱望 Korean gloss: 열렬하게 바람
  • 여망餘望 Korean gloss: 아직 남은 희망
  • 망족望族 Korean gloss: 명망이 있는 집안
  • 비망非望 Korean gloss: 분에 넘치는 희망
  • 덕망德望 Korean gloss: 덕행으로 얻은 명망

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 望

  • 希望きぼう hope; wish; aspiration
  • 要望ようぼう demand for; request
  • 展望てんぼう view; outlook; prospect
  • 絶望ぜつぼう despair; hopelessness
  • 望みのぞみ wish; desire; hope
  • 志望しぼう wish; desire; ambition
  • 失望しつぼう disappointment; despair
  • 望月もちづき full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
  • 望むのぞむ to desire; to want; to wish for
  • 有望ゆうぼう promising; hopeful; full of promise
  • 願望がんぼう desire; wish; aspiration
  • 待望たいぼう waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to

Other hanja read “망”

Other hanja with radical 月

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