望 (wàng): meaning and stroke order
望 (wàng) means full moon, to hope, to expect, to visit, to gaze (into the distance), to look towards.
望
- Simplified
- 望
- Traditional
- 望, 朢
- Pinyin
- wàng
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Stroke order of 望
望
- wàng full moon; to hope
- wàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar); old variant of 望[wang4]
- 11 strokes
- Traditional form: 朢
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Meaning of 望
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wàng
- full moon
- to hope
- to expect
- to visit
- to gaze (into the distance)
- to look towards
- towards
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wàng
Traditional 朢
- 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- old variant of 望[wang4]
Radical and structure
- 望
- Radical 月 (Kangxi radical 74) · 11 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 望
- 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish (CL:個|个[ge4])
- 失望 shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope
- 期望 qī wàng to have expectations; to earnestly hope
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).