欲 — Japanese kanji
11 strokes · N3
Meanings: Longing, Covetousness, Greed, Passion, Desire, Craving
On’yomi: よく · Kun’yomi: ほっ.する、ほ.しい
Radicals in 欲
- ハ — (0 strokes)
- 𠆢 — (0 strokes)
- 口 — mouth (3 strokes)
- 欠 — lack (4 strokes)
- 谷 — valley (7 strokes)
Words using 欲
- 意欲 (いよく): will, desire, ambition — Emotions, Mind & Psychology
- 欲しい (ほしい): Want — 別々に お願いします — Ordering food and separate bills
- 欲望 (よくぼう): desire, appetite, lust — Emotions, Mind & Psychology
- 両方欲 (両方欲（りょうほうほ）): want both — Range, Position and Direction
- 欲しい (欲しい（ほしい）): to want — Listening Test 4
- 欲しい (欲（ほ）しい): want (something) — I want gloves
- 欲 (欲（よく）): desire; greed — Unit 04 Nouns B (281–380)
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