What 望 means
Its meaning follows the ordinary character 望. In Chinese and Japanese, 望 can mean looking into the distance, hoping, expecting, or prestige; context selects the sense.
The earliest evidence for 望 appears in oracle-bone inscriptions (writing carved on bones) and bronze inscriptions (writing cast onto vessels). Character histories explain its early form as a person looking far away; later meanings include expectation, reputation, resentment, and the full moon. 望 is a much later compatibility encoding, not an ancient inscription form.
Why does FA93 normalize to 望?
Unicode keeps it for round-trip compatibility. Older character sets sometimes distinguished regional or industry-specific forms that Unicode otherwise unifies. The source mapping associates FA93 with an entry in a North Korean character set labeled KP. This compatibility code preserves that distinction when data moves between systems; it does not give 望 a new everyday meaning.
All four Unicode normalization forms map 望 to 望. That can simplify ordinary text processing, but it loses the exact code-point distinction. Preserve the original text in an archive or converter that must retain the source form.
How do I keep FA93 exact?
Keep FA93 unchanged and skip normalization. For source code that supports Unicode escapes, use \uFA93; in Microsoft Word, type FA93 and press Alt+X; in HTML, use 望. Check the saved character value when exact identity matters.
A font can draw 望 and 望 almost alike or make their difference obvious. Compare Unicode values rather than screenshots: appearance depends on the font, not the character's encoded identity.
Machine-facing and archival; ordinary prose generally uses 望.
Use 望 in ordinary writing; normalization can erase this separate code point.
Who writes 望
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Will Unicode normalization preserve FA93?
No. All four Unicode normalization forms map 望 to 望; retain the original text when the exact code point matters.
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How to type or find 望
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- FA93 · U+FA93 · 望 · kanji · hanzi · compatibility ideograph · normalization · KP1-4A4B
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
望\FA93\uFA93 in source code that supports Unicode escapes; avoid normalizing the resulting string.FA93, then press Alt+X; verify the result before saving.望 in HTML when you need this exact character.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.