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望

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See also: 朢
望 U+671B, 望
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-671B
← 朚
[U+671A] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朜 →
[U+671C]
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望 U+FA93, 望
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA93
← 朗
[U+FA92] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 杖 →
[U+FA94]
望 U+2F8D9, 望
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D9
← 朗
[U+2F8D8] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 朡 →
[U+2F8DA]

Translingual

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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 07104, 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
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (亡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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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 *mV-taŋ (“to see”). Cognate with Burmese မြင် (mrang).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • mong4 - vernacular;
  • vong4 - literary.
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Definitions

望

  1. to see; to watch (especially from a distance)
    眺望  ―  tiàowàng  ―  to watch from a vantage point
  2. (chiefly dialectal) to look; to look at
    東張西望／东张西望  ―  dōngzhāngxīwàng  ―  to look around
    我望嚟望去都望唔到喎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    我望嚟望去都望唔到㖞！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 mong6 lai4 mong6 heoi3 dou1 mong6 m4 dou3-2 wo3! [Jyutping]
    I kept looking but I still can't see it!
    望下嗰度！ [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 gaze at; to stare at
  4. (figurative) to observe; to watch
    觀望／观望  ―  guānwàng  ―  to observe without taking action
  5. to hope; to expect
    希望  ―  xīwàng  ―  to hope; to wish; to desire
    願望／愿望  ―  yuànwàng  ―  wish; desire
  6. fame; reputation
    名望  ―  míngwàng  ―  fame
    威望  ―  wēiwàng  ―  prestige
  7. location; locality
    郡望  ―  jùnwàng  ―  ancestral home; place of origin (of one's lineage)
    地望  ―  dìwàng  ―  geographical location; geography
  8. (Chinese astronomy) the day or night of the full moon
    朔望月  ―  shuòwàngyuè  ―  synodic month
  9. (Mandarin, Wu) towards
    alt. forms: 往
    望前頭跑／望前头跑 [Shanghainese]  ―  6maon 6zhi-deu6 6bau [Wugniu]  ―  Run (towards) forward.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 看 (“to look”) [map]
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Compounds

Descendants

  • → Thai: มอง (mɔɔng, “watch, look”)

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