慾

See also 欲

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 欲 + semantic 心 – to lust with one’s heart.

Han character

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

1. lust, desire, passion
2. appetite

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

慾 (Yale yuk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

慾 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• 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

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Korean

Hanja

慾 (hangeul 욕, revised yok, McCune-Reischauer yok, Yale yok)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

慾 (pinyin yù (yu4), Wade-Giles yü⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

慾 (dục)