# 望 — Hope

Frequency rank 516 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 含 (Include), less common than 紙 (Paper).

- On’yomi: ぼう、もう
- Kun’yomi: のぞ
- Radical: 月 Moon (Kangxi 74)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Death (亡) looms while the moon (月) watches and a king (王) prays — the dying king gazes at the moon with one last hope in his heart.

In words:

- 望む のぞむ — to desire,to wish for,to see,to command (a view of)
- 望み のぞみ — wish,desire,(a) hope
- 望ましい のぞましい — desirable;hoped for

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