望

Information about character(s)

Radical: 月
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 朢

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wàng
Cantonese: mong6
JapaneseKun: NOZOMU NOZOMI MOCHI
JapaneseOn: BOU MOU
Korean: MANG
Vietnamese: vọng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to look at, look forward; to hope, expect

CE-Dict: full moon/to hope/to expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/to look towards/towards

Soothill: To look at, or for; expect, hope; towards; the full moon.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to look afar
2.to look over
3.to expect
4.prestige
5.full moon
6.the 15th day of a month in the lunar calendar

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: full moon; hope; look over; reputation; visit

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: full moon; hope; look over; reputation; visit

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《亡部》望出亡在外，望其還也。从亡，朢省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集上】【月字部】望
〔古文〕𦣠【唐韻】【正韻】巫放切【集韻】【韻會】無放切，𠀤音𧧄。【說文】出亡在外，望其還也。从亡，朢省聲。【釋名】望，惘也，視遠惘惘也。【詩·邶風】瞻望弗及。　又【詩·大雅】令聞令望。【疏】爲人所觀望。　又【孟子】望望然去之。【趙岐註】慚愧之貌也。【朱傳】去而不顧之貌。　又【博雅】覗也。【韻會】爲人所仰曰望。又責望。又怨望。　又祭名。【書·舜典】望于山川。【傳】皆一時望祭之。【公羊傳·僖三十一年】望者何，望祭也。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】武方切【正韻】無方切，𠀤音亡。義同。【詩·小雅】萬夫所望。【釋文】協韻音亡。　又【釋名】月滿之名也。月大十六日，小十五日。日在東，月在西，遙在望也。【易·小畜】月幾望。【左傳·桓三年疏】月體無光，待日照而光生，半照卽爲弦，全照乃成望。　【韻會】从壬，譌从王。【說文】日月之望作朢，瞻望之望作望。今通作望，而古文制字之義遂亡。

CF-Dict: espérer/souhaiter/regarder au loin/rendre visite à/réputation/prestige/saluer/pleine lune

Han-De-Dict: anstarren, besuchen, Blick in Richtung, erwarten, hoffen, in Richtung zu (u.E.)