Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/望(望)-wàng-hope;-watch

望(望) wàng hope; watch in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 月 yuè “moon” (130), which has been “squeezed” into the upper right-hand quadrant so that it looks almost like 夕 (plus one extra stroke). The colloquial name for this radical is 月字旁 yuèzìpáng “side made up of the character 月.” Phonetic is 亡 wáng “die,” “flee,” or “destroyed.” Distinguish 望 from 忘 wàng (190) and 忙 máng (59).

Examples

• 希望 (希望) xīwàng hope [V/N]

Note

Note that the difference between the official simplified form and the official traditional form of this character does not show up in all fonts; in some fonts, they both look the same.

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

Other Lessons

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