| 575 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 470 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 447 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 798 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1470 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 823 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 495 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 445 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 676 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 689 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 888 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 559 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2543 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1294 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1763 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1501 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8813 | Morohashi |
| 2049 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1489 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1602 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 477 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
896 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 希 【キ】 dilute, rare, Greece
- 希少 【キショウ】 scarce, rare
- 古希 【コキ】 70th birthday, ancient Greek (language)
- 七十古希 【シチジュウコキ】 men seldom live to be seventy, few people live to be seventy
- 希有 【ケウ】 rare, uncommon
Kun reading compounds
- 稀 【まれ】 rare, seldom
- 稀に見る 【まれにみる】 rare, extraordinary, singular
- 類まれ 【たぐいまれ】 rare, exceptional, extraordinary, unique, incomparable, unparalleled, matchless
- ごく稀 【ごくまれ】 extremely rare
- 希う 【こいねがう】 to beg, to request, to beseech, to implore, to entreat
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のぞ、 のぞみ
- Korean:
- heui
Spanish
- raro
- poco
- deseo
- esperanza
- Grecia
Portuguese
- esperança
- pedir
- solicitação
- implorar
- Grécia
- diluir (ácido)
- raro
- poucos
- fenomenal
French
- espoir
- demander
- prier
- implorer
- dilution
- Grèce
- rare
- peu nombreux
- phénoménal
| 2944 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3f4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 4-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e0c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
470 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |