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望
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

expect

HSK 7 N2
Human →Actions
wàng
ボウ、モウ
のぞ.む、もち
망
Pictograph of a person standing up (𡈼) and gazing at the moon (月). 亡 is a sound component.
Components
亡 deceased+ 月 month+ 𡈼 stand upright =
望 expect
亡 Phonetic component
wáng deceased
old variant of 亡[wáng]
View phonetic series →
月 Iconic component
yuè month
moon
𡈼 Iconic component
tǐng stand upright
straight
Notes
Similar Characters
丧 mourn (simp)喪 funeral (trad/jp)妄 absurd巟 a watery waste忘 forget忙 busy氓 hoodlum汒 盲 blind罔 deceive肓 region between heart芒 mango虻 horsefly邙 henan刖 cutting off feet塍 Path A Raised Path外 outside炙 broil钥 lock (simp)亙 extend across (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
望
Regular
Modern
Chinese
望 [wàng]
full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards
Japanese
望 もち 、 ぼう 同音

noun

  1. archaic full moon
  2. archaic 15th day of the lunar month
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
望 すえたけ
Suetake unclassified name
望 すえまつ
Suematsu unclassified name
望 ねがい
Negai female given name
望 のぞみ
Nozomi female given namesurname
望 のぞむ
Nozomu female given namesurname
望 のぼる
Noboru given name
望 ほうじょう
Hōjō unclassified name
望 ぼう
Bou given name
望 まどか
Madoka female given name
望 みつる
Mitsuru female given name
望 もう
Mou unclassified name
望 もえ
Moe female given name
望 もちつぐ
Mochitsugu unclassified name
望 ゆあは
Yuaha female given name
望 あきら
Akira male given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
希望 [xī​wàng] #160
to wish for
失望 [shī​wàng] #1,096
disappointed
愿望 [yuàn​wàng] #2,858
desire
愿望 [yuàn​wàng] #2,858
desire
渴望 [kě​wàng] #2,533
to thirst for
期望 [qī​wàng] #2,599
to have expectations
指望 [zhǐ​wàng] #2,065
to hope for sth
有望 [yǒu​wàng] #19,719
hopeful
绝望 [jué​wàng] #2,785
to despair
绝望 [jué​wàng] #2,785
to despair
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JAPANESE WORDS (182)
⭐ 望む [のぞむ] #817
to desire
⭐ 希望 [きぼう] #1,086
hope
⭐ 絶望 [ぜつぼう] #2,006
despair
⭐ 望み [のぞみ] #2,292
wish
⭐ 欲望 [よくぼう] #3,635
desire
⭐ 失望 [しつぼう] #5,278
disappointment
絶望的 [ぜつぼうてき] #5,366
desperate
⭐ 要望 [ようぼう] #6,114
demand for
⭐ 願望 [がんぼう] #6,251
desire
⭐ 望ましい [のぞましい] #8,077
desirable
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KOREAN WORDS (27)
희망 #7,333
hope
망원경 #19,128
telescope
실망 #20,551
disappointment
가망 #24,858
possibility; chance; prospect
절망 #31,169
despair
갈망 #35,555
longing; yearning; desire
명망 #40,535
renown
소망 #44,237
wish; hope; desire
관망
observation
망루
watchtower
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