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望

Traditional: 朢

wàng

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

wàng · mong6 (Jyutping)

  1. full moon
  2. to hope
  3. to expect
  4. to visit
  5. to gaze (into the distance)
  6. to look towards
  7. towards
  8. 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
  9. old variant of 望[wang4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

望

Meaning
to look at, look forward; to hope, expect
Radical
月
Strokes
11
Components
⿱⿰亡月王
Cangjie
YBHG
Four-corner
0710.4

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