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望

望

望 U+671B, 望
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671B
← 朚
[U+671A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朜 →
[U+671C]
See also: 朢

Translingual

Han character

望 (radical 74 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜月竹土 (YBHG) or 卜月一土 (YBMG), four-corner 07104, composition ⿱⿰亡月王)

References

  • KangXi: page 505, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14368
  • Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2080, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+671B

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 望
alt. forms 朢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
忙 *maːŋ
芒 *maːŋ, *maŋ
茫 *maːŋ
恾 *maːŋ
吂 *maːŋ, *maːŋs
汒 *maːŋ, *maŋs
朚 *maːŋ, *hmaːŋ, *maŋ, *mraːŋ, *mraːŋs
邙 *maːŋ, *maŋ
杗 *maːŋ, *maŋ
荒 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋs
肓 *hmaːŋ
衁 *hmaːŋ
巟 *hmaːŋ
詤 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ, *hmaŋʔ
慌 *hmaːŋ, *hmaːŋʔ
謊 *hmaːŋʔ
喪 *smaːŋs, *smaːŋ
亡 *maŋ
望 *maŋ, *maŋs
莣 *maŋ
朢 *maŋ, *maŋs
鋩 *maŋ
硭 *maŋ
忘 *maŋ, *maŋs
网 *mlaŋʔ
罔 *mlaŋʔ
蛧 *maŋʔ
網 *mlaŋʔ
輞 *maŋʔ
棢 *maŋʔ
惘 *maŋʔ
菵 *maŋʔ
誷 *maŋʔ
魍 *maŋʔ
妄 *maŋs
盲 *mraːŋ
蝱 *mraːŋ
虻 *mraːŋ
氓 *mraːŋ
甿 *mraːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maŋ, *maŋs) : phonetic 亡 ‎(OC *maŋ) + semantic 月 + semantic 𡈼.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 望 望
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 陽 (106) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 武方切 巫放切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mʉɐŋ/ /mʉɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mʷiɐŋ/ /mʷiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /miuɑŋ/ /miuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /muaŋ/ /muaŋH/
Li
Rong		 /miuaŋ/ /miuaŋH/
Wang
Li		 /mĭwaŋ/ /mĭwaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /miwaŋ/ /miwaŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 wáng wàng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 望 望
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 wàng wàng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ mjang › ‹ mjangH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*maŋ/ /*maŋ-s/
English look at from a distance look at from a distance

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 望 望
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12667 12686
Phonetic
component		 亡 亡
Rime
group		 陽 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 亡 妄
Old
Chinese		 /*maŋ/ /*maŋs/

Definitions

望

  1. to gaze at; to stare at
    舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    举头望明月，低头思故乡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Tang Dynasty, 李白 (Li Bai), 靜夜思 ("Quiet Night Thought")
    Jǔtóu wàng míngyuè, dītóu sī gùxiāng. [Pinyin]
    I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon and bow my head to think of my hometown.
  2. (Cantonese) to look
    我望嚟望去都望唔到喎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    我望嚟望去都望唔到㖞！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    Ngo5mong6 lai4mong6 heoi3 dou1mong6 m4 dou3-2 wo3! [Jyutping]
    I kept looking but I still can't see it!
    望下嗰度！ / 望下𠮶度！ [Cantonese]  ―  Mong6 haa5 go2 dou6! [Jyutping]  ―  Look over there!
    望左 [Cantonese]  ―  mong6 zo2 [Jyutping]  ―  look left (found on roads in Hong Kong)
  3. to hope; to expect

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 視
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 看
Mandarin Beijing 看、瞧、瞅
Taiwan 看
Jinan 看
Xi'an 看
Wuhan 看、睄、瞄
Chengdu 看、𧢭
Yangzhou 看、望
Hefei 看、望
Cantonese Guangzhou 睇、望
Hong Kong 睇、望
Taishan 睇、望
Yangjiang 看、睇、瞄
Gan Nanchang 看、相
Hakka Meixian 看、睞
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 看
Liudui (S. Sixian) 看
Hsinchu (Hailu) 看
Dongshi (Dabu) 看
Zhuolan (Raoping) 看
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 看
Jin Taiyuan 看、瞭
Min Bei Jian'ou 覷
Min Dong Fuzhou 看、覷
Min Nan Quanzhou 看
Xiamen 看
Zhangzhou 看
Taipei 看
Chaozhou 睇
Shantou 睇
Wu Suzhou 看、望
Wenzhou 眙、張
Xiang Changsha 看
Shuangfeng 看、相

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

望

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

望 ‎(hiragana のぞむ, romaji Nozomu)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

望 • ‎(mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

  1. 바라다 (barada) to desire, expect, hope
  2. 바라보다 (baraboda) to gaze, look
  3. 우러러보다 (ureoreoboda) to admire, respect
  4. 엿보다 (yeosboda, yeot-) to peek, peep
  5. 원망하다 (wonmanghada) to deplore, reproach
  6. 이름 (ireum) name, fame
  7. 망제 (望祭, mangje) ancestor worship
  8. 보름 (boreum) full moon

Vietnamese

Han character

望 (vọng)

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