 | 欲 | ||
| desire, want, long for; intend | |||
| Radical | 欠 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | yù | Cantonese reading | juk6 |
| Japanese on reading | yoku | Japanese kun reading | hossuru hoshii |
| Korean reading | yok | Vietnamese reading | dục |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 慾 | ||
| 欲 | [ yù ] desire, wish |
| 欲 | [ yù ] desire, longing, appetite, wish |
| 欲望 | [ yù wàng ] lust, desire |
| 欲望 | [ yù wàng ] (n) desire |
| ⇒ 情欲 | [ qíng yù ] sensual, lust |
| ⇒ 食欲 | [ shí yù ] appetite |
| ⇒ 為所欲為 | [ wéi sǔo yù wéi ] do whatever one pleases |
| ⇒ 为所欲为 | [ wéi sǔo yù wéi ] do whatever one pleases |
| ⇒ 性欲 | [ xìng yù ] sexual desire |