Hope
in Japanese
望
Nozomi
hope
How Japanese people write Hopeホープ
Character by character
Other ways to write Hope
宝風
Hō · Fu
treasure · wind
帆富
Ho · Fu
sail · wealth
About Hope in Japanese
In Japan, Hope is written ホープ in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 望 is read Nozomi. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 望 (Nozomi, hope).
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How do you write Hope in Japanese?+
Hope is written ホープ in katakana. A kanji spelling is 望, read Nozomi.
What does 望 mean?+
Character by character, 望 means hope.
Is 望 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Nozomi and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Hope is written in katakana: ホープ.