欲 — kanji meaning “longing”
欲
longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
- Meanings
- longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
- On'yomi
- ヨク (yoku)
- Kun'yomi
- ほっ.する、ほ.しい
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #902 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 76
- Chinese reading
- yù — Chinese character page
Words with 欲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欲しい | ほしい hoshii | wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for |
| 意欲 | いよく iyoku | will; desire; eagerness |
| 欲求 | よっきゅう yokkyuu | desire; want; will |
| 欲望 | よくぼう yokubou | desire; appetite; lust |
| 食欲 | しょくよく shokuyoku | appetite (for food) |
| 性欲 | せいよく seiyoku | sexual desire; sex drive; lust |
| 欲する | ほっする hossuru | to want; to desire |
| 欲張り | よくばり yokubari | greed; avarice; covetousness |
| 無欲 | むよく muyoku | unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious |
| 禁欲 | きんよく kin'yoku | abstinence; self-denial; celibacy |
| 物欲 | ぶつよく butsuyoku | worldly desires; materialistic desires |
| 貪欲 | どんよく don'yoku | greedy; avaricious; covetous |
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