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  • 固
  • 材

14 望 Hope

Radical Combination

  • 亡 Death
  • 月 Moon
  • 王 King

Readings

On’yomi

ぼう

Kun’yomi

のぞ

Nanori

None

Meaning Mnemonic

Causing death at every turn, the moon king sits inside his moon, getting ready to cause death on anything in his sights. Sounds a lot like the Death Star from a certain movie. One of which is "Star Wars: A New Hope."

Hints

Now picture the death moon king as the Emperor, sitting in his Death Star. There is no hope, except for that little opening you can shoot through to destroy the whole thing. That's hope, I guess!

Reading Mnemonic

The name A New Hope, as we all know, comes from the ending where the moon king's son sends a bowling (ぼう) ball into that little opening and knocks it out of the sky.

Hints

In the end, the real hope was bowling all along. I hope you've learned a valuable lesson from this space movie.

Visually Similar Kanji

Currently there are no similar looking kanji which exist in the WaniKani learning system

Found In Vocabulary

  • 願望
    • がんぼう
    • Desire
  • 失望
    • しつぼう
    • Disappoint...
  • 希望
    • きぼう
    • Hope
  • 望む
    • のぞむ
    • To Wish
  • 望み
    • のぞみ
    • Wish
  • 希望する
    • きぼうする
    • To Request
  • 羨望
    • せんぼう
    • Envy
  • 絶望
    • ぜつぼう
    • Despair
  • 志望
    • しぼう
    • Desire
  • 眺望
    • ちょうぼう
    • Prospect
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