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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)

to want

greed

desire

to be greedy

passion

will

greedy

to appear to want to have (something)

thirst for knowledge

avarice

lust

desire

passion

animal desires

partiality

extreme greediness

selfishness

carrying out mercenary deeds

禁欲主義きんよくしゅぎ

asceticism

寡欲かよく

unselfishness

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