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望 — full moon; to hope; to expect

full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze

Pinyin
wàng
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 望: 11 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

望 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 望 in the HSK syllabus: 23

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 希望xīwàngto hope; a hope; a wishHSK 2
  2. 失望shīwàngdisappointed; to lose hope; to despairHSK 4
  3. 看望kànwàngto pay a visit to; to seeHSK 5
  4. 愿望yuànwàngdesire; wishHSK 5
  5. 绝望juéwàngto despair; to give up all hope; desperateHSK 6
  6. 渴望kěwàngto thirst for; to long forHSK 6
  7. 盼望pànwàngto hope for; to look forward toHSK 6
  8. 期望qīwàngto have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectationHSK 6
  9. 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gazeHSK 6
  10. 欲望yùwàngdesire; longing; appetite; cravingHSK 6
  11. 东张西望dōngzhāng-xīwàngto look in all directions; to glance aroundHSK 7–9
  12. 观望guānwàngto wait and see; to watch from the sidelinesHSK 7–9
  13. 奢望shēwàngan extravagant hope; to have excessive expectationsHSK 7–9
  14. 声望shēngwàngreputation; prestige; public esteemHSK 7–9
  15. 探望tànwàngto visit; to call on sb; to look aroundHSK 7–9
  16. 眺望tiàowàngto survey the scene from an elevated positionHSK 7–9
  17. 望远镜wàngyuǎnjìngtelescope; binocularsHSK 7–9
  18. 威望wēiwàngprestigeHSK 7–9
  19. 喜出望外xǐchūwàngwàito be pleased beyond one's expectationsHSK 7–9
  20. 仰望yǎngwàngto look up at; to look up to sb hopefullyHSK 7–9
  21. 有望yǒuwànghopeful; promisingHSK 7–9
  22. 展望zhǎnwàngoutlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward toHSK 7–9
  23. 指望zhǐwàngto count on; to hope for; prospect; hopeHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.