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Kanji Detail for 欲 - "desire, want, wish"

  • Meaning

    欲 means "desire, want, wish."

    1. To desire - To want; wish for.

    2. Desire - Wanting; longing; appetite.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    longing; covetousness; greed; passion; desire; craving

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    desire, want, long for; intend

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    desire, want, longing, intent

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Greed. As in 欲望 (desire). | Lust. As in 欲念 (lustful thoughts). Now commonly written as 慾. | To love. As in "lovable" is also called 可欲. | A word expressing wish. As in "courage should be great, the heart should be careful" (膽欲大、心欲小). | A word indicating something about to happen. As in "the sky is about to rain" (天欲雨), "about to snow" (欲雪).
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Sentences including

  • If you're doing it in fun , i'd rather you didn't come.

  • Say which one you would like.

  • You didn't seem to want that book.

  • It's just what i wanted.

  • But i want a car.

  • Don't be so greedy.

  • But he wanted a son very much.

  • Take whatever cake you want.

  • My grandmother gave me more than i wanted.

  • The more you have , the more you want.

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