欲 — yok

Parts that make up 欲

How 欲 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 欲 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 谷, 欠.

Korean example words with 欲

• 대욕大欲 Korean gloss: 큰 욕심
• 환욕宦欲 Korean gloss: 벼슬에 대한 욕심
• 욕정欲情 Korean gloss: 이성에 대한 육체적 욕망
• 소욕所欲 Korean gloss: 하고 싶어 하는 바. 또는 하고자 하는 바
• 의욕意欲 Korean gloss: 무엇을 하고자 하는 적극적인 마음이나 욕망
• 욕기欲氣 Korean gloss: 분수에 넘치게 무엇을 탐내거나 누리고자 하는 마음
• 욕념欲念 Korean gloss: 분수에 넘치게 무엇을 탐내거나 누리고자 하는 마음
• 다욕하다多欲 Korean gloss: 욕심이 많다
• 무욕하다無欲 Korean gloss: 욕심이 없다
• 욕심스럽다欲心 Korean gloss: 보기에 욕심이 많은 데가 있다
• 욕구하다欲求 Korean gloss: 무엇을 얻거나 무슨 일을 하고자 바라다
• 금전욕金錢欲 Korean gloss: 돈에 대한 욕심

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 欲

• 意欲いよく will; desire; eagerness
• 欲よく greed; craving; desire
• 食欲しょくよく appetite (for food)
• 欲求よっきゅう desire; want; will
• 欲望よくぼう desire; appetite; lust
• 欲しいほしい wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for
• 欲するほっする to want; to desire
• 欲しがるほしがる to appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want
• 無欲むよく unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious
• 禁欲きんよく abstinence; self-denial; celibacy
• 私欲しよく self-interest; selfish desire
• 欲張るよくばる to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly

Characters sharing the phonetic 谷

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “욕”

Other hanja with radical 欠