望(wàng)

HSK 311 strokes

full moon

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Character information

Pinyin
wàng
Meaning
full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 望 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⿰亡月王

A king 王 gazing at the moon 月; 亡 provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亡wáng月yuè王wáng

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 望 step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 望

Common words using 望 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xī希wàng望
HSK 3

to hope

Open 希望 page →
yuàn愿wàng望
HSK 3

desire

Open 愿望 page →
shī失wàng望
HSK 4

disappointed

Open 失望 page →
kàn看wàng望
HSK 4

to pay a visit to; to see (sb)

Open 看望 page →
qī期wàng望
HSK 5

to have expectations

Open 期望 page →
kě渴wàng望
HSK 5

to thirst for

Open 渴望 page →
jué绝wàng望
HSK 5

to despair

Open 绝望 page →
wàng望jiàn见
HSK 6

to espy

Open 望见 page →

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From 望’s common words

希愿失看期渴绝见

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