希望

きぼう

hope, wish

Mnemonic

Two characters for the same wanting stacked up. The same 望 that no zoom reaches in 望む, and a key き to a bow ぼう of a desk at head office. Nobody has said yes yet: きぼう.

Built from

希

hope, rare

Cloth woven loosely enough that the gaps show through. Thin, so scarce, and from there the thing you are hoping for.

望

hope, look afar

月 the moon down at the bottom right, and somebody a long way off looking up at it.

Words sharing these kanji

望む to desire, to hope 絶望 despair, hopelessness

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