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Kanji Detail for 望 - "hope, gaze, wish"

  • Meaning

    望 means "hope, gaze, wish."

    1. Hope - To desire; to wish.

    2. Gaze - To look into the distance.

    3. Full moon - The moon when completely round.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ambition; full moon; hope; desire; aspire to; expect

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to look at, look forward; to hope, expect

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to expect, to hope, to look forward to

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To look into the distance. Such as 瞻望 (to gaze), 眺望 (to look out). | To be looked up to is called 望. Such as 名望 (reputation), 威望 (prestige). | Meaning high expectation. Such as 責望 (to blame for not meeting expectations), 怨望 (resentful expectation). | Meaning hope and desire. Such as 大喜過望 means joy exceeding expectations. Also 失望 (disappointment), 絕望 (despair) have this meaning. | When the sun and moon face each other, it is called 望. This occurs around the fifteenth of each lunar month. Hence the fifteenth is called 望日 (full moon day).
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Sentences including

  • Her words gave me hope.

  • The dream of yesterday is the hope of today.

  • He is anxious for her to come.

  • You should not give up your hope.

  • My wish is to be a singer.

  • She is keen to go abroad.

  • I hope for your success.

  • He hoped to succeed.

  • We were disappointed in him.

  • Do you want a seat by the window?

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