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欲

longing
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingヨク
Kun readingほっ.する、ほ.しい
JōyōGrade 6

Popular Usage

欲しい食欲意欲

Radicals and components

Radical欠lackComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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valley · eight (八) · umbrella · mouth (口) · lack · yawn

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 855

Compound words

欲しいほしい
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
食欲しょくよく
appetite (for food)
意欲いよく
will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive
性欲せいよく
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
無欲むよく
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
欲求よっきゅう
desire; want; will; wish; urge
欲望よくぼう
desire; appetite; lust
貪欲どんよく
greedy; avaricious; covetous
欲するほっする
to want; to desire
欲張りよくばり
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
欲張るよくばる
to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet
禁欲的きんよくてき
abstemious; austere
欲しがるほしがる
to appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to indicate a wish for

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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