| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1077 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 郷 【キョウ】 hometown, rural township (of China)
- 郷愁 【キョウシュウ】 nostalgia, homesickness
- 同郷 【ドウキョウ】 same village, same town, same province
- 故郷 【コキョウ】 hometown, birthplace, native place, one's old home
- 郷 【ゴウ】 countryside, country, 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
- 郷学 【ゴウガク】 village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
- 水郷 【スイゴウ】 beautiful riverside location, lakeside district, canal district
- 大西郷 【ダイサイゴウ】 the Great Saigo
Kun reading compounds
- 里 【さと】 village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
- 無何有の郷 【むかうのさと】 utopia, (natural) paradise
- 第二の故郷 【だいにのこきょう】 one's second home, home away from home
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くに
- Korean:
- hyang
Spanish
- ciudad natal
- pueblo
- lugar donde hay algo especial
Portuguese
- cidade natal
- aldeia
- lugar de nascimento
- distrito
French
- village natal
- village
- lieu de naissance
- région
| 852 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 841 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1004 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4766 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1165 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1830 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2112 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 855 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 874 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1024 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 760 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 664 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 403 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 501 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1866 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39498P | Morohashi |
| 549 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6145 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1849 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1993 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 920 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2744 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 2772.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 90f7 | Unicode hex code |