欲

音読おんよみ: ヨク

訓読くんよみ: ほっする・ほしい

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: あくび(欠)

Meaning

Desire / Want / Craving

Conjugation
Tap for 欲する (desire) Tap for 欲しい (want)
  • 性欲せいよく — sexual desire
  • 物欲ぶつよく — material greed
  • 無欲むよく — without desire / selfless
  • よく — desire / greed
  • しい — to want (something)
  • ほっする — to desire / to crave
  • 食欲しょくよく — 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.

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