Chinese symbol for “hopes”

盼头

pàn tou

Traditional: 盼頭

hopes; good prospects

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hopes is 盼头 (pàn tou), defined as: hopes; good prospects.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

盼 pàn

to look, to gaze; to expect, to hope for

radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes

头 tou

head; chief, boss; first, top

radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

頭 tou

Related words

Other words that share a character with 盼头.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
盼望	pàn wàng	to hope for; to look forward to
期盼	qī pàn	to expect; to await
企盼	qǐ pàn	to hope for; to look forward to
左顾右盼 (左顧右盼)	zuǒ gù yòu pàn	glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
顾盼 (顧盼)	gù pàn	(literary) to look around; (literary) to care for
头发 (頭髮)	tóu fa	hair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)	jiē tóu	street
镜头 (鏡頭)	jìng tóu	camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “hopes”.

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.