欲 (よく) — desire, greed, craving

欲よく desire

Frequency #3760 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 6 1 character noun

yoku

よく

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. よく[2] odaka 尾高

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Meanings

desire
greed
craving

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

よく欲 longing

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Words with 欲 (13)

欲(ほ)しい hoshii wanted 意(い)欲(よく) iyoku motivation 欲(よく)望(ぼう) yokubou desire 欲(よっ)求(きゅう) yokkyuu 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 欲(ほ)しがる hoshigaru to appear to want to have (something)

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Meanings

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 欲 (13)

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