Conjugation
Tap for 欲する (desire)
Tap for 欲しい (want)
- 性欲 — sexual desire
- 物欲 — material greed
- 無欲 — without desire / selfless
- 欲 — desire / greed
- 欲しい — to want (something)
- 欲する — to desire / to crave
- 食欲 — appetite
欲 combines 谷 (valley) and 欠 (yawn/lack), suggesting a deep, unfulfilled need — a craving or desire. It appears in daily expressions like 欲しい and in compounds that name psychological or physical urges.
