Chinese symbol for “avarice”
贪欲
tān yù
Traditional: 貪慾
greed; avarice; rapacious; avid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for avarice is 贪欲 (tān yù), defined as: greed; avarice; rapacious; avid.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贪欲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
| 贪婪 (貪婪) | tān lán | avaricious; greedy |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
| 贪官 (貪官) | tān guān | corrupt official; grasping functionary |
| 贪心 (貪心) | tān xīn | greedy |
| 贪污腐败 (貪污腐敗) | tān wū fǔ bài | corruption |
| 欲望 (慾望) | yù wàng | desire; longing; appetite; craving |
| 性欲 (性慾) | xìng yù | sexual desire; lust |
See also: Japanese symbol for “avarice”.
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.