欲 — longing, covetousness, greed

ほしい欲 longing

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+6B32 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #902 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #855 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

longing
covetousness
greed
passion
desire
craving

word

ほ ho Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

欲(ほ) しい hoshii wanted

よく yoku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

意(い) 欲(よく) iyoku motivation 欲(よく) 望(ぼう) yokubou desire 欲(よく) yoku desire 食(しょく) 欲(よく) shokuyoku appetite 性(せい) 欲(よく) seiyoku sexual desire 貪(どん) 欲(よく) donyoku greedy

よっ yo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

欲(よっ) 求(きゅう) yokkyuu desire

Appears in idioms

私利私欲四字熟語

private, profit, private, longing

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

たに谷 valley #150

けつ欠 lack #76

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#76 欠 lack