Kanji N3

望: ambition, full moon, hope

望 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning ambition, full moon, hope, written with 11 strokes. It is read ボウ, モウ (on) and のぞむ, もち (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 希望 (きぼう, hope) and 望み (のぞみ, wish).

望

Meanings

  • ambition
  • full moon
  • hope
  • desire
  • aspire to
  • expect
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#470 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ボウ
  • モウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • のぞむ
  • もち

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 望

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 希望きぼう

    hope; wish; aspiration

    JLPT N3
  • 望みのぞみ

    wish; desire; hope

    JLPT N3
  • 失望しつぼう

    disappointment; despair

    JLPT N3
  • 望むのぞむ

    to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for

    JLPT N3
  • 要望ようぼう

    demand for; request

    JLPT N1
  • 絶望ぜつぼう

    despair; hopelessness

    JLPT N1
  • 有望ゆうぼう

    promising; hopeful; full of promise

    JLPT N1
  • 待望たいぼう

    waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.