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欲

Want
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingヨク
Kun readingほ.しい、ほっ.する
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 6Level 32

Verbs with «欲»

欲する

Meanings

  1. want
  2. covetousness
  3. craving
  4. desire
  5. greed
    彼の名誉は貪欲によってむしばまれた。His honor was corroded by greed.tatoeba
  6. longingRtK
  7. passion
  1. appetite
  2. hunger

Homonyms

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Same reading (よく)
良く · nicely

Popular Usage

欲しい食欲意欲

Radicals and components

Radical欠lack
Components
How it's built
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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
寡欲かよく
unselfishness
我欲がよく
selfishness
強欲ごうよく
greedy
禁欲きんよく
abstinence
情欲じょうよく
passions
色欲しきよく
lust
人欲じんよく
human desires
制欲せいよく
control of passions
物欲ぶつよく
desire for material things
耆欲しよく
liking (for)
食欲旺盛しょくよくおうせい
voracious

On Reading Examples

彼は知識に貪欲である。どんよく
He is acquisitive of knowledge.tatoeba
人類は貪欲に知りたがるものだ。どんよく
Man is insatiably curious.tatoeba
若者は己の貪欲の犠牲になりがちである。どんよく
Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は電動タイプライターが欲しかったが、友人は彼を説き伏せてワープロを買わせた。
He wanted to buy an electric typewriter but his friend talked him into buying a word processor.tatoeba
彼は知識欲が旺盛である。
He is in a rage to know.tatoeba
彼は知識に貪欲である。
He is acquisitive of knowledge.tatoeba
欲しいのはやまやまだが予算がない。
We'd really like one, but we just don't have the money.tatoeba
しかし坪内はもう1度だけ機会が欲しいと頼んだ。
But Tsubouchi asked Nobunaga to give him one more chance.wiki
詳細は地元自治体の清掃局などに問い合わせして欲しい。
For more details, you should contact the cleansing department of your local government.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Desire. 谷 (empty valley) + 欠 (open mouth) — an emptiness you want to fill. 欲しい — want.

Practice Writing

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