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望

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 516 / 2,608

Hope

On’yomi
ぼう、もう
Kun’yomi
のぞ
Radical
月 Moon (Kangxi 74)

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

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

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)N3
望み のぞみ wish,desire,(a) hopeN3
望ましい のぞましい desirable;hoped forN1

望 is rank 516 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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