English: ambition full moon hope desire aspire to expect	On-Yomi: ボウ モウ	Kun-Yomi: のぞ.む もち み も

Bushu (Radical) Info:
月 (つき) – moon
王 (オウ, -ノウ, おお, おおきみ, わ) – king; rule; magnate
玉 (ギョク, たま, たま-, -だま, おう, だん) – jewel; ball

Henshall Mnemonic: king gazes at moon, wishing for death

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #470 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N3 Words

• 望み   [のぞみ]
  (n) wish; desire; hope   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 望む   [のぞむ]
  (v5m) to desire; to wish for; to see; to command (a view of)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 失望   [しつぼう]
  (n,vs) disappointment; despair   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 希望   [きぼう]
  (n,vs) hope; wish; aspiration   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 望遠鏡   [ぼうえんきょう]
  (n) telescope   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 有望   [ゆうぼう]
  (adj-na,n) good prospects; full of hope; promising   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 待ち望む   [まちのぞむ]
  (v5m) to look anxiously for; to wait eagerly for   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 待望   [たいぼう]
  (n) expectant waiting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 要望   [ようぼう]
  (n) demand for; request   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 望ましい   [のぞましい]
  (adj) desirable; hoped for   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 展望   [てんぼう]
  (n,vs) view; outlook; prospect   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 志望   [しぼう]
  (n) wish; desire; ambition   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 絶望   [ぜつぼう]
  (n,vs) despair; hopelessness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 欲望   [よくぼう]
  (n) desire; appetite   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 望月   [もちづき]
  (n) full moon   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 渇望   [かつぼう]
  (n) craving; longing; thirsting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 眺望   [ちょうぼう]
  (n) prospect; view; outlook   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 願望   [がんぼう]
  (n) desire; wish; aspiration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 野望   [やぼう]
  (n) ambition; aspiration; designs; treachery   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 嘱望   [しょくぼう]
  (n,vs) (having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 切望   [せつぼう]
  (n,vs) longing for; earnest desire   [K] [D] [Jisho]

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Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.