望 — ambition, full moon, hope

のぞみ望 ambition

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+671B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #470 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #528 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

ambition
full moon
hope
desire
aspire to
expect

word

のぞみ nozomi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

望(のぞみ) nozomi hope

ほう・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

希(き) 望(ぼう) kibou hope 要(よう) 望(ぼう) youbou demand 願(がん) 望(ぼう) ganbou desire 失(しつ) 望(ぼう) shitsubou disappointment 望(ぼう) 遠(えん) 鏡(きょう) bouenkyou telescope 待(たい) 望(ぼう) taibou long-awaited 野(や) 望(ぼう) yabou ambition 有(ゆう) 望(ぼう) yuubou promising

のぞ nozo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

望(のぞ) む nozomu to desire 望(のぞ) ましい nozomashii desirable 望(のぞ) み nozomi wish 望(のぞ) める nozomeru to be able to hope for

Appears in idioms

前途有望四字熟語

before, route, possess, ambition

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

なくす亡 death

つき月 month #74

おう王 king

Open in Atlas

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#74 月 moon

望 — ambition, full moon, hope

Meanings

word

のぞみ nozomi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ほう・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

のぞ nozo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback

望 — ambition, full moon, hope

Meanings

word

のぞみ nozomi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ほう ・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

のぞ nozo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

ほう・ぼう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).