望

音読おんよみ: ボウ・モウ

訓読くんよみ: のぞむ

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 月(つき)

Meaning

Hope, wish, desire, look toward — Often used to express hopes and aspirations.


  • 希望きぼう — hope, wish
  • 絶望ぜつぼう — despair
  • 展望てんぼう — outlook, prospect
  • 願望がんぼう — desire, wish
  • 野望やぼう — ambition

望 is a compound of ぼう (to perish), おう (king), and つき (moon/flesh). Together, they form the idea of “gazing far away” or “wishing for something beyond reach.”

かれおおきなのぞみをいだいている。
He has big hopes.

希望きぼうつづけてください。
Keep holding on to hope.

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