漢字道KANJIDOβ

望 — 11 strokes / Radical「月」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 11 strokes / Radical「月」
On
ボウ・モウぼう・もう · bō · mō
Kun
のぞ(む)nozo(mu)
Meaning
hope, wish, gaze afar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A semantic compound. It shows a person standing on tiptoe gazing at the distant moon 月. To look far → to hope, to wish.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onボウぼうbō望郷ぼうきょう希望きぼう人望じんぼう
Onモウもうmō所望しょもう大望たいぼう本望ほんもう

「大望」は,「タイボウ」とも。

Kunのぞむnozomu望むのぞむ望みのぞみ望ましいのぞましい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 希望きぼう

    hope

  • 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう

    telescope

More words with this kanji

  • 願望がんぼう
  • 志望しぼう
  • 欲望よくぼう
  • 眺望ちょうぼう
  • 渇望かつぼう
  • 羨望せんぼう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

大(おお)きな目(もく)ひょうを持(も)って、希望(きぼう)を失(うしな)わない。

They hold a great aim and do not lose hope.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

希望望遠鏡望遠鏡望希hope遠far鏡mirror月moon肌skin肋rib有to exi…肚the be…亡to die乏scarce毛hair矛halber…卯the Ra…
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)