ボウ, モウ, のぞ.む, もち, も
ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect

This kanji has 11 strokes: 5 in the "jewel" radical (うし) and 6 other strokes.

Sample compounds (23) :


  1. のぞみ
    wish, desire

  2. いちぼう
    one sweep (of the eye), an unbroken view

  3. みんぼう
    hopes of the people

  4. しつぼう
    (vs) disappointment, despair

  5. がんぼう
    desire, wish, aspiration

  6. じんぼう
    popularity

  7. れいぼう
    good reputation

  8. ぎょうぼう
    (vs) look to (for help), look up to, reverence

  9. ぎょうぼう
    (vs) looking intently

  10. しぼう
    wish, desire, ambition

  11. せいぼう
    fame, popularity, reputation

  12. ぼうがい
    (a-no) unexpected, unanticipated

  13. きぼう
    (vs) hope, wish, aspiration

  14. たいぼう
    expectant waiting

  15. まちのぞむ
    to look anxiously for, to wait eagerly for

  16. しょもう
    desire, request, wish

  17. ぼうろう
    (oK) watchtower, observation tower, lookout

  18. かつぼう
    craving, longing, thirsting

  19. ぜつぼう
    (vs) despair, hopelessness

  20. せんぼう
    (vs) envy

  21. ゆうぼう
    (an) good prospects, full of hope, promising

  22. ぼうけん
    (vs) watching from afar

  23. ぼうえん
    seeing at a distance
Kanji Character : 望
Kuten Encoding : 4330
SJIS Encoding : 4b3e
Unicode Encoding : 671b
Old Nelson Index : 2940
Radical Number : 96
Classical Radical Number : 74
Frequency Ranking : 340
Gakken Index : 361
Grade Level : 4
Halpern Index : 2742
Heisig Index : 489
Henshall Index : 585
New Nelson Index : 4819
O'Neil Index : 1777
Stroke Count : 11
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 4f7.6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : f
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 673
SKIP Code : 2-7-4
De Roo Code : 472
Four Corner Code : 0710.4
Korean reading : mang
Pinyin reading : wang4
Morohashi Index String : 14368P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 5.1054
Morohashi Index Number : 14368
Morohashi Page : 1054
Morohashi Volume : 5
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Dictionary Codes
  1. R472
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