Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

470 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect

Kunyomi: のぞ.む もち

Onyomi: ボウ モウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つき

Meaning: moon, month

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

する(きぼうする)   hope [v.t.]

する(ようぼうする)   request [v.t.]

する(ぜつぼうする)   despair [v.t.]

する(しつぼうする)   be disappointed

遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう)   telescope

(よくぼう)   desire [n.]

(ほんもう)   long cherished ambition

む(のぞむ)   wish for

ましい(のぞましい)   desirable

Onyomi Examples

モチ full moon, 15th day of the lunar month

遠鏡 ボウエンキョウ telescope

チョウボウ prospect, view, outlook

太公 タイコウボウ (avid) angler

ホンモウ long-cherished ambition, satisfaction

宿 シュクボウ long-cherished desire

Kunyomi Examples

のぞむ to desire, to wish for, to expect, to see, to command (a view of)

むところ のぞむところ what one desires, what one hopes for, suits me well, could ask for nothing better, bring it on, make my day

もち full moon, 15th day of the lunar month

もちづき full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month