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愿望

yuànwàng

wish

A person holding a star
Memory picture

Characters in this word

愿 yuàn

Strokes
14
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
原 source, origin, beginning 心 heart
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

望 wàng

Strokes
11
Radical
月 — moon
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 望

Example phrases

  • 我的愿望很小。 Wǒ de yuànwàng hěn xiǎo. My wish is very small.
  • 愿望会实现。 Yuànwàng huì shíxiàn. The wish will come true.
  • 她有一个愿望。 Tā yǒu yí gè yuànwàng. She has one wish.

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