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欲

JLPT N3 SL6 11 strokes Frequency: #902

Meanings

Longing, Covetousness, Greed, Passion, Desire, Craving

Radicals

欠

Decomposition

⿰谷欠

Etymology

Pictophonetic: lack

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical bottom-to-top

6 corner bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 diagonal right-to-left

9 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

10 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨク yoku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほ ho

ほっ ho

Words Using This Kanji

99 words total

Other (20 words)

selfishness

greedy

abstinence

lust

passions

appetite (for food)

human desires

control of passions

sexual desire

control one's desires

possessiveness

worldly desires

greedy

abnormal sexuality

frustration

desire

greed

greed

wanting (to have)

unselfishness

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