Chinese symbol for “hopefully”

可望

kě wàng

can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hopefully is 可望 (kě wàng), defined as: can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening).

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Characters and stroke order

可 kě

may, can, -able; possibly

radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

望 wàng

to expect, to hope, to look forward to

radical 74 ⽉ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可望.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
可以	kě yǐ	can; may
可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible
可是	kě shì	but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不可	bù kě	cannot; should not; must not
可怕	kě pà	awful; dreadful
可爱 (可愛)	kě ài	adorable; cute
希望	xī wàng	to hope; a hope; a wish
失望	shī wàng	disappointed; to lose hope

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.