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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)

望郷の念ぼうきょうのねん

sense of nostalgia

望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう

telescope

本望ほんもう

long-cherished desire

hopes of the people

ambition

promising

desire

good reputation

desire

one sweep (of the eye)

望楼ぼうろう

watchtower

望見ぼうけん

watching from afar

企望きぼう

making a plan and anticipating its fruition

望外ぼうがい

unexpected (joy, success, etc.)

as one had hoped

just as one wishes

faint hopes

inordinate ambition

honor

desiring person

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