渴 kě
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 曷 what, why, where, which, how
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
渴望
kěwàng
to long for
Characters in this word
望 wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我渴望回家。 Wǒ kěwàng huí jiā. I long to go home.
- 她渴望自由。 Tā kěwàng zìyóu. She longs for freedom.
- 孩子渴望爱。 Háizi kěwàng ài. The child longs for love.
Related words
- 渴 kě thirsty
- 希望 xīwàng to hope; hope
- 愿望 yuànwàng wish
- 看望 kànwàng to visit
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 绝望 juéwàng despair
- 期望 qīwàng to hope; to expect
- 愿 yuàn to be willing to
- 舍不得 shěbude to be unwilling to part with; to hate to do
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 舍得 shěde to be willing to part with; to not mind doing
- 不幸 búxìng unfortunate; misfortune