# 望

| 望 | U+671B, &#26395; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671B |
| ← 朚 [U+671A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 朜 → [U+671C] |
| 望 | U+FA93, &#64147; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA93 |
| ← 朗 [U+FA92] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 杖 → [U+FA94] |
| 望 | U+2F8D9, &#194777; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D9 |
| ← 朗 [U+2F8D8] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 朡 → [U+2F8DA] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 望 |
| Simplified | 望 |
| Traditional | 望 |

### Alternative forms

Note that in simplified Chinese and Vietnamese scripts, 亡 is written with an upward hook. In Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional Chinese script), 月 is written like 夕 with an extra slash below while 王 is written as 𡈼. In Mainland China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the bottom component is written 王. Note that the standard Kangxi form is written ⿱⿰亡月𡈼.

### Han character

望 (Kangxi radical 74, 月+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜月竹土 (YBHG) or 卜月一土 (YBMG), four-corner 0710$_4$, composition ⿱⿰亡月王(GJKV) or ⿱⿰亡𱼀𡈼(HT))

#### Derived characters

* 𠻾, 𱼙, 𥊛, 𧫢, 𬪶, 𬂙, 𱢽, 𪚤, 𬖉, 𭩌, 𭩔, 𭩕, 𪱮, 𪱯, 𦹑, 𥲠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 505, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14368
* Dae Jaweon: page 884, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2080, character 2
* Unihan data for U+671B
* Unihan data for U+FA93
* Unihan data for U+2F8D9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 望 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | 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 |
Originally written 𦣠, an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 臣 (“eye”) + 𡈼 (“person standing on the ground”) – a person standing up and looking off into the distance. Later 月 (“moon”) was added to produce 朢.
The 臣 component is now written 亡, making the current form a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maŋ, *maŋs): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 月 + semantic 𡈼.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mraŋ (“to see”). Cognate with Burmese မြင် (mrang).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wàng (wang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mong$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mong$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mong$^4$ / vong$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): uō̤ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): uông
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bāng / bōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mo$^7$ / bhuang$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$maon; $^6$waon
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): man$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wàng
*** Wade–Giles: wang$^4$
*** Yale: wàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanq
*** Palladius: ван (van)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mong$^6$
*** Yale: mohng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mong$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mong$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔːŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbɔŋ³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mong
*** Hakka Romanization System: mong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mong$^4$ / vong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mɔŋ⁵³/, /ʋɔŋ⁵³/
* mong4 - vernacular;
* vong4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: mjang, mjangH
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 |
| Baxter | mjang | mjangH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉɐŋ/ | /mʉɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷiɐŋ/ | /mʷiɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuɑŋ/ | /miuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muaŋ/ | /muaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuaŋ/ | /miuaŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwaŋ/ | /mĭwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /miwaŋ/ | /miwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wáng | wàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mong$^4$ | mong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*maŋ/, /*maŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*maŋ/, /*maŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 望 | 望 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wàng | wàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjang › | ‹ mjang$^H$ › |
| 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
* to see; to watch (especially from a distance)
    眺望 ― tiàowàng ― to watch from a vantage point
    From: Zuozhuan.
    Wú shì qí zhé luàn, wàng qí qí mǐ, gù zhú zhī. [Pinyin]
    Having seen the disorderly tracks they left behind and espied their low-hanging banners afar, I gave the order to pursue them.
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Wàng zhī bù sì rénjūn. [Pinyin]
    When I looked at him – even from a distance – I could not find a leader there.
* (chiefly dialectal) to look; to look at
    東張西望／东张西望 ― dōngzhāngxīwàng ― to look around
       ngo$^5$ mong$^6$ lai$^4$ mong$^6$ heoi$^3$ dou$^1$ mong$^6$ m$^4$ dou$^{3-2}$ wo$^3$! [Jyutping]
       I kept looking but I still can't see it!
    望下嗰度！ [Cantonese] ― mong$^6$ haa$^5$ go$^2$ dou$^6$! [Jyutping] ― Look over there!
    望左 [Cantonese] ― mong$^6$ zo$^2$ [Jyutping] ― look left (found on roads in Hong Kong)
    From: 2001, 謝立文 (Brian Tse), 麥兜與雞 (theme song of My Life as McDull)
    ham$^4$ zyu$^6$ go$^3$ gai$^1$ baau$^1$ zai$^2$, mong$^6$ zyu$^6$ sei$^3$ bou$^2$ gai$^1$ zaat$^3$ [Jyutping]
    With a chicken bun in my mouth, staring at the four-treasure chicken roll
* to gaze at; to stare at
    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.
* (figurative) to observe; to watch
    觀望／观望 ― guānwàng ― to observe without taking action
* to hope; to expect
    希望 ― xīwàng ― to hope; to wish; to desire
    願望／愿望 ― yuànwàng ― wish; desire
* fame; reputation
    名望 ― míngwàng ― fame
    威望 ― wēiwàng ― prestige
* location; locality
    郡望 ― jùnwàng ― ancestral home; place of origin (of one's lineage)
    地望 ― dìwàng ― geographical location; geography
* (Chinese astronomy) the day or night of the full moon
    朔望月 ― shuòwàngyuè ― synodic month
    From: 1082, Su Shi (蘇軾), The Red Wall: Summer (《前赤壁賦》). English translation by Herbert Allen Giles.
    Rénxū zhī qiū, qīyuè jìwàng, Sūzǐ yǔ kè fànzhōu yóu yú Chìbì zhī xià. [Pinyin]
    In the year 1081, the seventh moon just on the wane, I went with a friend on a boat excursion to the Red Wall.
* (Mandarin, Wu) towards
    alt. forms: 往
    望前頭跑／望前头跑 [Shanghainese] ― $^6$maon $^6$zhi-deu$_6$ $^6$bau [Wugniu] ― Run (towards) forward.

#### Usage notes

The preposition "towards" is commonly written as 往 in Mandarin. Sometimes written as 往 for Wu usage.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 視, 見, 看 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 看, 瞧, 瞅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 看, 瞧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 看 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 看 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 看, 望 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 看, 𧢭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 看, 睄, 瞄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 看, 望 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 看, 瞧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 看, 望, 瞧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 看, 望 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Macau (Tanka) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 望 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 望 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 望 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 看, 睇, 瞄 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 睇, 望 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 看 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 瞭, 瞫 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 看 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 睇 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 睇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 看, 相, 望 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 看 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 看, 睞 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 看 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 看 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 看 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 看 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 看 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 看 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 看, 睇 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 看 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 看 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 看 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 看 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 看 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Changting | 䀴, 望 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 看 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 看 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 看, 望 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 看 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 看 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 看 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 看 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 看 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 看 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 看 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 看 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 看, 䀴 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 看, 䀴 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䀴 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 看 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 看 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 睇, 看 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 睇 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 睇, 看 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 看 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 看 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 看 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 看 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 看 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 看 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 看 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 看, 望 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 看, 瞭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 看 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 䁐 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 覷 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 看, 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 覷 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 睨 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 望 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 睨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 看 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 看 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 看 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 看 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 看 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 看 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 看 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 看 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 看 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 看 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 看, 睇 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 看 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 看 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 看 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 看 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 看 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 看 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 看 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 看 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 睇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 䁐, 𥆑 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 望, 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 望, 䁐 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 望 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 望 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 看 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 看 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 䁐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 䁐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 䁐 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 望, 覷 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 睇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 看 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 睇 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 睇 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 睇 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 睇 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 睇 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 睇 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 睇 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 睇 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 睇 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 睇 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 睇 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 睇 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 睇 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 望 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 望 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Baisha) | 望 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 看 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 看 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 看 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 看 |
| Wu | Danyang | 看, 望 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 看, 相 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 眙, 張 |
| Wu | Lishui | 望 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 望 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 看 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 相 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 看, 相 |

### Compounds

* 一望 (yīwàng)
* 一望無垠 / 一望无垠 (yīwàngwúyín)
* 一望無邊 / 一望无边
* 一望無際 / 一望无际 (yīwàngwújì)
* 一望而知 (yīwàng'érzhī)
* 一線希望 / 一线希望
* 不承望
* 不指望
* 不負眾望 / 不负众望 (bùfù-zhòngwàng)
* 人望 (rénwàng)
* 令望
* 仰望 (yǎngwàng)
* 伏望
* 企望 (qǐwàng)
* 倚扉而望
* 倚門佇望 / 倚门伫望
* 倚閭之望 / 倚闾之望
* 偵望 / 侦望
* 偷目竊望 / 偷目窃望 (tōumùqièwàng)
* 僉望 / 佥望
* 公才公望
* 冀望 (jìwàng)
* 冠蓋相望 / 冠盖相望
* 凝望 (níngwàng)
* 功高望重
* 北望
* 卓望
* 南望 (Nánwàng)
* 博望侯
* 博望坡
* 厚望 (hòuwàng)
* 可望 (kěwàng)
* 向望 (ǹg-bāng) (Min Nan)
* 名望 (míngwàng)
* 名望體面 / 名望体面
* 品望
* 喜出望外 (xǐchūwàngwài)
* 四望
* 地望 (dìwàng)
* 在望 (zàiwàng)
* 地望高華 / 地望高华
* 大喜過望 / 大喜过望 (dàxǐguòwàng)
* 大失人望
* 大失所望 (dàshīsuǒwàng)
* 大為失望 / 大为失望
* 太公望
* 失望 (shīwàng)
* 奢望 (shēwàng)
* 好望角 (Hǎowàngjiǎo)
* 威望 (wēiwàng)
* 孔章望斗
* 孚眾望 / 孚众望
* 守望 (shǒuwàng)
* 守望相助 (shǒuwàngxiāngzhù)
* 宮牆外望 / 宫墙外望
* 宿望
* 寄望 (jìwàng)
* 展望 (zhǎnwàng)
* 屬望 / 属望
* 巴南牆望 / 巴南墙望
* 巴望 (bāwàng)
* 巴高望上
* 布望
* 希望 (xīwàng)
* 希望小學 / 希望小学 (xīwàng xiǎoxué)
* 平隴望蜀 / 平陇望蜀
* 引領而望 / 引领而望
* 引頸翹望 / 引颈翘望
* 張望 / 张望 (zhāngwàng)
* 彌望 / 弥望 (míwàng)
* 得一望十
* 得隴望蜀 / 得陇望蜀 (délǒngwàngshǔ)
* 德尊望重
* 德望
* 德深望重
* 德隆望尊
* 德隆望重
* 德高望重 (dégāowàngzhòng)
* 怨望 (yuànwàng)
* 恚望
* 悵望 / 怅望
* 意出望外
* 想望 (xiǎngwàng)
* 慾望 / 欲望 (yùwàng)
* 憑高望遠 / 凭高望远
* 懸懸而望 / 悬悬而望
* 懸望 / 悬望
* 戴盆望天
* 才望 (cáiwàng)
* 承望 (chéngwàng)
* 拜望 (bàiwàng)
* 指望 (zhǐwàng)
* 探望 (tànwàng)
* 放眼望去
* 施不望報 / 施不望报
* 族望
* 旗鼓相望
* 既望 (jìwàng)
* 旦望
* 昂首望天
* 春望
* 映望
* 時望 / 时望
* 時望所歸 / 时望所归
* 月望
* 有望 (yǒuwàng)
* 朔望 (shuòwàng)
* 朔望月 (shuòwàngyuè)
* 望候
* 望八
* 望其肩背
* 望其肩項 / 望其肩项
* 望其項背 / 望其项背 (wàngqíxiàngbèi)
* 望古遙集 / 望古遥集
* 望塵不及 / 望尘不及
* 望塵而拜 / 望尘而拜
* 望塵莫及 / 望尘莫及 (wàngchénmòjí)
* 望外
* 望夫石 (wàngfūshí)
* 望子 (wàngzi)
* 望子成龍 / 望子成龙 (wàngzǐchénglóng)
* 望安 (Wàng'ān)
* 望山
* 望巴巴
* 望帝
* 望帝啼鵑 / 望帝啼鹃
* 望幸
* 望府座 (Wàngfǔzuò)
* 望彌撒 / 望弥撒
* 望文生義 / 望文生义 (wàngwénshēngyì)
* 望斷 / 望断
* 望族 (wàngzú)
* 望日 (wàngrì)
* 望月 (wàngyuè)
* 望朔 (wàngshuò)
* 望望
* 望杏瞻榆
* 望杏瞻蒲
* 望梅止渴 (wàngméizhǐkě)
* 望梅消渴
* 望樓 / 望楼 (wànglóu)
* 望樓車 / 望楼车
* 望歲 / 望岁
* 望氣 / 望气
* 望洋 (wàngyáng)
* 望洋興歎 / 望洋兴叹 (wàngyángxīngtàn)
* 望洋驚嘆 / 望洋惊叹
* 望田 (Wàngtián)
* 望眼將穿 / 望眼将穿
* 望眼欲穿 (wàngyǎnyùchuān)
* 望祭
* 望秋先零
* 望穿秋水 (wàngchuānqiūshuǐ)
* 望竿
* 望而卻步 / 望而却步 (wàng'érquèbù)
* 望而生畏 (wàng'érshēngwèi)
* 望聞問切 / 望闻问切 (wàngwénwènqiè)
* 望舒
* 望衡對宇 / 望衡对宇
* 望見 / 望见 (wàngjiàn)
* 望診 / 望诊
* 望諸君 / 望诸君
* 望遠鏡 / 望远镜 (wàngyuǎnjìng)
* 望遠鏡頭 / 望远镜头 (wàngyuǎn jìngtóu)
* 望鄉臺 / 望乡台
* 望門大嚼 / 望门大嚼
* 望門妨 / 望门妨
* 望門寡 / 望门寡
* 望門投止 / 望门投止
* 望雲 / 望云
* 望雲之情 / 望云之情
* 望風 / 望风 (wàngfēng)
* 望風希指 / 望风希指
* 望風承旨 / 望风承旨
* 望風披靡 / 望风披靡
* 望風捕影 / 望风捕影
* 望風撲影 / 望风扑影
* 望風瓦解 / 望风瓦解
* 望風而潰 / 望风而溃
* 望風而走 / 望风而走
* 望風而逃 / 望风而逃
* 望風而遁 / 望风而遁
* 望風而降 / 望风而降
* 望風而靡 / 望风而靡 (wàngfēng'érmǐ)
* 望風響應 / 望风响应
* 朝望
* 期望 (qīwàng)
* 期望值 (qīwàngzhí)
* 東張西望 / 东张西望 (dōngzhāngxīwàng)
* 東望 / 东望
* 東觀西望 / 东观西望 (dōngguānxīwàng)
* 柴望
* 槥車相望 / 槥车相望
* 欲望 (yùwàng)
* 殷望
* 毋望之福
* 毋望之禍 / 毋望之祸
* 民望 (mínwàng)
* 沒了指望 / 没了指望
* 沒指望 / 没指望
* 清望
* 渴望 (kěwàng)
* 滿望 / 满望
* 潛望鏡 / 潜望镜 (qiánwàngjìng)
* 無指望 / 无指望
* 無望 / 无望 (wúwàng)
* 照望
* 熱望 / 热望 (rèwàng)
* 犀牛望月
* 登樓望闕 / 登楼望阙
* 登高望遠 / 登高望远
* 白望
* 看望 (kànwàng)
* 相望 (xiāngwàng)
* 盼望 (pànwàng)
* 眾所瞻望 / 众所瞻望
* 眺望 (tiàowàng)
* 眾望 / 众望 (zhòngwàng)
* 眾望所依 / 众望所依
* 眾望所歸 / 众望所归 (zhòngwàngsuǒguī)
* 眾望所積 / 众望所积
* 眾望攸歸 / 众望攸归
* 眾望有歸 / 众望有归
* 眺望臺 / 眺望台
* 瞭望 / 了望 (liàowàng)
* 瞭望山 / 了望山
* 瞭望臺 / 了望台 (liàowàngtái)
* 瞻望 (zhānwàng)
* 矚望 / 瞩望
* 碩望 / 硕望
* 祈望 (qíwàng)
* 萬望 / 万望
* 萬里之望
* 策望
* 素望
* 絕望 / 绝望 (juéwàng)
* 羅望子 / 罗望子 (luówàngzǐ)
* 翹首盼望 / 翘首盼望
* 耆儒碩望 / 耆儒硕望
* 聞望 / 闻望
* 聲望 / 声望 (shēngwàng)
* 肩背相望
* 脈望 / 脉望
* 觀望 / 观望 (guānwàng)
* 觀望成敗 / 观望成败
* 觖望
* 誰承望 / 谁承望
* 譽望 / 誉望
* 資望 / 资望 (zīwàng)
* 資淺望輕 / 资浅望轻
* 跂望
* 車書相望 / 车书相望
* 過望 / 过望 (guòwàng)
* 道殣相望
* 遙望 / 遥望 (yáowàng)
* 遠望 / 远望 (yuǎnwàng)
* 遷喬之望 / 迁乔之望
* 遲回觀望 / 迟回观望
* 郡望
* 鄉望 / 乡望
* 酒望子 (jiǔwàngzi)
* 門望 / 门望
* 陟岵瞻望
* 隃望
* 雅望
* 難望項背 / 难望项背
* 雲霓之望 / 云霓之望
* 非望
* 項背相望 / 项背相望
* 顒望 / 颙望
* 願望 / 愿望 (yuànwàng)
* 風望 / 风望
* 養望 / 养望
* 餒殍相望 / 馁殍相望
* 首丘之望
* 騁望 / 骋望
* 騖望 / 骛望
* 鵠望 / 鹄望 (húwàng)
* 鶴望 / 鹤望
* 鷹覷鶻望 / 鹰觑鹘望

### Descendants

* → Thai: มอง (mɔɔng, “watch, look”)

### References

* “望”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 望 |
| Kyūjitai | 望󠄁 望+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 望󠄅 望+&#xE0105; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* wish
* hope
* desire

#### Readings

* Go-on: もう (mō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)
* Kun: のぞむ (nozomu, 望む, Jōyō)、のぞましい (nozomashii, 望ましい)、のぞみ (nozomi)、もち (mochi, 望)
* Nanori: のぞみ (nozomi)、のぞむ (nozomu)、み (mi)、もち (mochi)

#### Compounds

* 望(ぼう)遠(えん) (bōen, “seeing at a distance”)
* 希(き)望(ぼう) (kibō, “hope, wish, aspiration”)
* 絶(ぜつ)望(ぼう) (zetsubō, “despair, hopelessness”)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 望
* のぞ(む) Grade: 4
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) のぞむ [nòzómú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [no̞zo̞mɯ̟]

#### Proper noun

望(のぞむ) • (Nozomu)
* a male given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 望
* のぞ(み) Grade: 4
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) のぞみ [nòzómí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [no̞zo̞mʲi]

#### Proper noun

望(のぞみ) • (Nozomi)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 659 (paper), page 342 (digital)
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1092 (paper), page 597 (digital)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 望 (MC mjangH). Recorded as Middle Korean 마ᇰ〯 (mǎng) (Yale: mǎng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ma̠(ː)ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [망(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 望 (eumhun 바랄 망 (baral mang))
* Hanja form of 망 (“to desire; to expect; to hope”).
* Hanja form of 망 (“to gaze; to look”).
* Hanja form of 망 (“to admire; to respect”).
* Hanja form of 망 (“to peek; to peep”).

#### Compounds

* 가망(可望) (gamang)
* 갈망(渴望) (galmang)
* 결망(觖望) (gyeolmang)
* 관망(觀望) (gwanmang)
* 규망(闚望) (gyumang)
* 기망(企望) (gimang)
* 기망(冀望) (gimang)
* 기망(器望) (gimang)
* 기망(幾望) (gimang)
* 기망(期望) (gimang)
* 기망(跂望) (gimang)
* 낙망(落望) (nangmang)
* 누망(縷望) (numang)
* 다망(多望) (damang)
* 단망(旦望) (danmang)
* 대망(大望) (daemang)
* 대망(待望) (daemang)
* 덕망(德望) (deongmang)
* 망간(望間) (manggan)
* 망견(望見) (manggyeon)
* 망곡(望哭) (manggok)
* 망구(望九) (manggu)
* 망군(望軍) (manggun)
* 망단(望斷) (mangdan)
* 망대(望臺) (mangdae)
* 망루(望樓) (mangnu, “watchtower”)
* 망륙(望六) (mangnyuk)
* 망배(望拜) (mangbae)
* 망백(望百) (mangbaek)
* 망상(望床) (mangsang)
* 망색(望色) (mangsaek)
* 망양(望洋) (mang'yang)
* 망외(望外) (mang'oe)
* 망원경(望遠鏡) (mang'won'gyeong, “telescope”)
* 망월(望月) (mang'wol)
* 망제(望祭) (mangje, “ancestor worship”)
* 망족(望族) (mangjok)
* 망촉(望蜀) (mangchok)
* 망칠(望七) (mangchil)
* 망팔(望八) (mangpal)
* 망풍(望風) (mangpung)
* 망향(望鄕) (manghyang)
* 망후(望後) (manghu)
* 명망(名望) (myeongmang)
* 문망(聞望) (munmang)
* 문망(門望) (munmang)
* 물망(物望) (mulmang)
* 본망(本望) (bonmang)
* 빙망(騁望) (bingmang)
* 사망(伺望) (samang)
* 사속지망(嗣續之望) (sasokjimang)
* 삭망(朔望) (sangmang)
* 상망(相望) (sangmang)
* 석망(碩望) (seongmang)
* 선망(羨望) (seonmang, “to envy”)
* 소망(所望) (somang)
* 소망(素望) (somang)
* 숙망(宿望) (sungmang)
* 순망간(旬望間) (sunmanggan)
* 신망(信望) (sinmang)
* 실망(失望) (silmang, “disappointment”)
* 앙망(仰望) (angmang)
* 야망(野望) (yamang)
* 여망(輿望) (yeomang)
* 여망(餘望) (yeomang)
* 열망(熱望) (yeolmang)
* 예망(譽望) (yemang)
* 옹망(顒望) (ongmang)
* 요망(要望) (yomang)
* 요망(遙望) (yomang)
* 욕망(慾望) (yongmang)
* 욕망(欲望) (yongmang)
* 원망(怨望) (wonmang, “to deplore; to reproach”)
* 원망(遠望) (wonmang)
* 원망(願望) (wonmang)
* 유망(有望) (yumang)
* 의려지망(倚閭之望) (uiryeojimang)
* 의문지망(倚門之望) (uimunjimang)
* 인망(人望) (inmang)
* 일망(一望) (ilmang)
* 잠망경(潛望鏡) (jammanggyeong)
* 장진지망(長進之望) (jangjinjimang)
* 전망(展望) (jeonmang, “view; outlook”)
* 절망(切望) (jeolmang)
* 절망(絶望) (jeolmang, “despair”)
* 절망적(絶望的) (jeolmangjeok)
* 점망(覘望) (jeommang)
* 조망(眺望) (jomang)
* 중망(衆望) (jungmang)
* 지망(志望) (jimang)
* 창망(悵望) (changmang)
* 책망(責望) (chaengmang)
* 천망(薦望) (cheonmang)
* 천하지망(天下之望) (cheonhajimang)
* 촉망(囑望) (chongmang)
* 효망(驍望) (hyomang)
* 후망(後望) (humang)
* 희망(希望) (huimang, “hope”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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