希望 (xīwàng) · to hope

希 xī · rare

What 希 is made of

• 乂yì — crossed strokes
  • 丿 — falling stroke
• 布bù — cloth
  • 巾jīn — cloth
    • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke

望 wàng · to expect

What 望 is made of

• 亡wáng — death
  • 亠tóu — lid
    • 丶 — dot
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 月yuè — moon; month
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 王wáng — king
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 土tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: A king 王 gazing at the moon 月; 亡 provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)