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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: 亡 月 王

望

Radical

Radical: 月

Reading: つき

Meaning: moon, month

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

希望する(きぼうする)   hope [v.t.]

要望する(ようぼうする)   request [v.t.]

絶望する(ぜつぼうする)   despair [v.t.]

失望する(しつぼうする)   be disappointed

望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう)   telescope

欲望(よくぼう)   desire [n.]

本望(ほんもう)   long cherished ambition

望む(のぞむ)   wish for

望ましい(のぞましい)   desirable

Onyomi Examples

望 (モチ) full moon, 15th day of the lunar month

望遠鏡 (ボウエンキョウ) telescope

眺望 (チョウボウ) view, vista, panorama, outlook, prospect

太公望 (タイコウボウ) (avid) angler

本望 (ホンモウ) long-cherished desire, satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)

宿望 (シュクボウ) long-cherished desire, one's heart's desire

Kunyomi Examples

望む (のぞむ) to desire, to want, to wish for, to hope for, to expect (of someone), to hope for, to look forward to, to see, to command (a view of), to overlook

望むところ (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

望 (もち) full moon, 15th day of the lunar month

望月 (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

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