慾

See also: 欲

慾 U+617E, 慾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-617E ← 慽 [U+617D] CJK Unified Ideographs 慿 → [U+617F]

Translingual

Han character

慾 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金人心 (COP), four-corner 8733₈, composition ⿱欲心)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 401, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11163
• Dae Jaweon: page 741, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2343, character 11
• Unihan data for U+617E

Chinese

trad.		慾/欲*
simp.		欲*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
螸	*lo
裕	*loɡs
容	*loŋ
溶	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔	*loŋ
蓉	*loŋ
傛	*loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣	*loŋ
搈	*loŋ
瑢	*loŋ
嵱	*loŋ
熔	*loŋ
榕	*loŋ
塎	*loŋʔ
谷	*ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂	*kloːɡ
焀	*ɡloːɡ
俗	*ljoɡ
欲	*loɡ
浴	*loɡ
鵒	*loɡ
峪	*ɦkloːɡ
鋊	*loɡ
輍	*loɡ
慾	*loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loɡ) : phonetic 欲 (OC *loɡ) + semantic 心 – to lust with one’s heart.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁸yoq; ⁸yuq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶
    • Yale: yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: iug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: io̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸yoq; ⁸yuq
    • MiniDict: yoh^入; yuih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhioq; ⁵hhyq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioʔ¹²/, /ɦyɪʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: yowk

Rime
Character	慾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	鍾 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余蜀切
Baxter	yowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/jiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/iok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juawk̚/
Li Rong	/iok̚/
Wang Li	/jĭwok̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*loɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慾
Reading #	1/1
No.	4309
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	欲
Old Chinese	/*loɡ/

Definitions

慾

1. desire; lust

Compounds

• 七情六慾／七情六欲
• 利慾／利欲 (lìyù)
• 利慾薰心／利欲薰心
• 嗜慾／嗜欲 (shìyù)
• 少私寡慾／少私寡欲
• 性慾／性欲 (xìngyù)
• 情慾／情欲 (qíngyù)
• 慾令智昏／欲令智昏
• 慾壑難填／欲壑难填
• 慾念／欲念 (yùniàn)
• 慾望／欲望 (yùwàng)
• 慾火／欲火 (yùhuǒ)
• 求知慾／求知欲 (qiúzhīyù)
• 清心寡慾／清心寡欲 (qīngxīnguǎyù)
• 淫慾／淫欲 (yínyù)
• 獸慾／兽欲 (shòuyù)
• 省慾去奢／省欲去奢
• 禁慾／禁欲 (jìnyù)
• 禁慾主義／禁欲主义 (jìnyùzhǔyì)
• 私慾／私欲 (sīyù)
• 縱慾／纵欲 (zòngyù)
• 肉慾／肉欲 (ròuyù)
• 色慾／色欲 (sèyù)
• 貪慾／贪欲 (tānyù)
• 貪慾無藝／贪欲无艺
• 食慾／食欲 (shíyù)
• 食慾不振／食欲不振 (shíyùbùzhèn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

慾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. desire, greed

Readings

• Go-on: よく (yoku)
• Kan-on: よく (yoku)
• Kun: このみ (konomi); むさぼる (musaboru)

Compounds

• 愛慾
• 強慾
• 色慾
• 食慾
• 性慾
• 大慾
• 物慾
• 無慾
• 情慾
• 名誉慾

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 慾 is mostly replaced by 欲, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 慾 replaced by daiyōji 欲

意欲

強欲

食欲

情欲

欲望

Korean

Hanja

慾 • (yok) (hangeul 욕, revised yok, McCune–Reischauer yok, Yale yok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

慾: Hán Nôm readings: dục

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