欲 is the Japanese kanji for desire, longing, covetousness, greed, passion, craving. It is written with 11 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is ほっ.する、ほ.しい and its on reading is ヨク.
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Words with 欲
- 欲greed, craving, desire
- 欲するto want, to desire
- 欲しがるto appear to want to have (something), to obviously want, to seem to want
- 欲しいwanting (to have), desiring, wishing for
- 意欲will, desire, eagerness
- 食欲appetite (for food)
Practice 欲 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.