望 (wàng)

full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance);

Etymology

Pictograph of a person standing up (𡈼) and gazing at the moon (月). 亡 is a sound component.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“望,出亡在外,望其還也。从亡,朢省聲。”

Components