願

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

愿

🇨🇳

wish

HSK 10 N2

Human →Emotions

yuàn

ガン

ねが.う、-ねがい

원

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 原 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (願)

原 flatlands+ 頁 page =

願 wish

原 Phonetic component

yuán flatlands

source, origin, beginning

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頁 Meaning component

page

Depicts a head, which is where wishes originate from.

Simplified (愿)

原 flatlands+ 心 heart =

愿 sincere

原 Phonetic component

yuán flatlands

source, origin, beginning

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心 Meaning component

xīn heart

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

願

Regular

Modern

Chinese

愿 / 願 [yuàn]

to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing

Japanese

願い、願 (irreg.) ねがい同音

noun

desire; wish; hope
request; entreaty; plea; appeal
prayer
(written) application (oft. 願 when used as a suffix)

願がん同音

noun prayer; wish; vow

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (3)

私の願いはパリで絵の勉強をすることです。

My wish is to study painting in Paris.

市長は私達の願いを聞き入れてくれた。

The mayor granted our request.

私の願いはかなえられた。

My prayers were answered.

Japanese Names

願ねがい

Negai female given nameplace name

願ねがう

Negau female given name

願のぞみ

Nozomi female given name

CHINESE WORDS (64)

if only (sth were possible)

自愿 [zìyuàn] #3,456

voluntary

志愿者 [zhìyuànzhě] #6,623

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JAPANESE WORDS (125)

⭐ お願いします [おねがいします] #1,413

please

⭐ 願い [ねがい] #1,879

desire

⭐ よろしくお願いします [よろしくおねがいします] #2,008

お願いだから [おねがいだから] #6,660

please

⭐ お願いいたします [おねがいいたします] #10,884

please

⭐ よろしくお願いいたします [よろしくおねがいいたします] #10,992

please remember me

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KOREAN WORDS (10)

plea; pleading; imploring

염원

wish; cherished dream

application; filing an application