EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 16
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    hope; wish; aspiration

    これが彼のたった一つの希望であった。
    This was his one and only hope.
  2. Noun

    (bright) prospects; expectation

Also written 冀望【きぼう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

Kun
まれこいねが.う
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
896 of 2500
Radical
turban
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

のぞのぞみ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-5, 3-4-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
3f4.1The Kanji Dictionary
4022.7Four corner code
2944deroo
5e0cUnicode hex code
1-20-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1470Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1553New Nelson (John Haig)
2049New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2543Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1763Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1489Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1602Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
798A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
445Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
823Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8813Morohashi
447A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
676Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
689Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575sakade
495Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
470henshall3
477Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
888Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
559Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1501Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi1Pinyin reading
heuiKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect

Kun
のぞ.むもち
On
ボウモウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
470 of 2500
Radical
moon
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-7-4SKIP code
4f7.6The Kanji Dictionary
0710.4Four corner code
472deroo
671bUnicode hex code
1-43-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2940Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4819New Nelson (John Haig)
2742New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3408Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1756Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2390Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
489Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
528Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
361A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1777Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
767Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14368PMorohashi
585A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
673Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
685Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
514sakade
613Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
613henshall3
578Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
314crowley
581Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1007Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
500Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wang4Pinyin reading
mangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level