Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
entrust, request, send a message
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1903 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嘱託 【ショクタク】 commission, entrusting with (work), part-time employee, temporary work
  • 嘱望 【ショクボウ】 having great hopes for (someone's future), expecting much of, pinning one's hopes on
  • 委嘱 【イショク】 commissioning, entrusting (with), request, appointment (to a position)
  • 遺嘱 【イショク】 dying wish (to be carried out after one's death)

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘱する 【しょくする】 to entrust (someone) with, to pin one's hopes on (someone's future), to have great expectations for, to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.), to leave (a message), to send word

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu3
Korean:
chog

Spanish

  • confiar
  • solicitar
  • pedir
  • esperar

Portuguese

  • confiar
  • solicitação
  • enviar uma mensagem

French

  • charger de
  • appartenir
  • demander
  • envoyer un message
1429 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1890 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
989 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1297 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1144 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1638 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1751 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1437 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
311 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
881 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
506 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1973 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4249 Morohashi
718 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
894 New Nelson (John Haig)
1954 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2104 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1748 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3753 2001 Kanji
3d12.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
6702.7 Four corner code
1-30-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5631 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
Kun:
のぞ.むもち
On:
ボウモウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
470 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 望 【モチ】 full moon, 15th day of the lunar month
  • 望遠鏡 【ボウエンキョウ】 telescope
  • 眺望 【チョウボウ】 prospect, view, outlook
  • 太公望 【タイコウボウ】 (avid) angler
  • 本望 【ホンモウ】 long-cherished ambition, satisfaction
  • 宿望 【シュクボウ】 long-cherished desire, one's heart's desire

Kun reading compounds

  • 望む 【のぞむ】 to desire, to want, to wish for, to hope for, to expect (of someone), to hope for, to look forward to, to see, to command (a view of), to overlook
  • 望むところ 【のぞむところ】 what one desires, what one hopes for, suits me well, could ask for nothing better, bring it on, make my day
  • 望 【もち】 full moon, 15th day of the lunar month
  • 望月 【もちづき】 full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month

Readings

Japanese names:
み、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang4
Korean:
mang

Spanish

  • esperanza
  • deseo
  • aspiración
  • mirar lejos
  • popularidad
  • desear
  • esperar

Portuguese

  • ambição
  • lua cheia
  • esperança
  • desejo
  • aspirar
  • esperar

French

  • ambition
  • espoir
  • désir
  • aspirer à
  • dominer (vue)
  • contempler
  • pleine lune
514 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
613 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
585 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
361 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
767 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
613 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1777 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
673 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
685 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
581 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1007 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3408 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2390 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
500 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14368P Morohashi
2742 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4819 New Nelson (John Haig)
489 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
528 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
314 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
578 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
472 2001 Kanji
4f7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
0710.4 Four corner code
1-43-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
671b Unicode hex code