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望

JLPT N3 SL4 11 strokes Frequency: #470

Meanings

Ambition, Full Moon, Hope, Desire, Aspire To, Expect

Radicals

月

Decomposition

⿱⿰亡月王

Etymology

Ideographic: A king 王 gazing at the moon 月; 亡 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 curve bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-to-bottom

5 hook right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-to-top

9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ボウ bou

モウ mou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

もち mochi

のぞ nozo

Words Using This Kanji

162 words total

Other (20 words)

fame

earnest desire

despair

periscope

promising future

waiting expectantly

to wait eagerly for

aspiration

view

viewing platform

view

demand for

longing for

reflecting telescope

to desire

full moon

seeing at a distance

desirable

homesickness

desiring person

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