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
Traditional forms
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.
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