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The kanji 欲: meaning, readings and stroke order
欲
- Meaning
- want, desire
- On reading
- ヨク yoku
- Kun reading
- ほっ（する） hossuru、ほ（しい） hoshii
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 欠 lack, yawn
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- muốn, ham muốn (dục)
- Japanese
- ほしい。ほしがる こころ。
- Korean
- 갖고 싶다, 욕심 (욕)
- Chinese
- 想要、欲望
Readings, words and example sentences
ヨク yoku · on reading
欲求
wish, desire
知りたいと いう 欲求が あります。
We have a wish to know more.
ほっ（する） hossuru · kun reading · less common
欲する
to want (formal)
体が 水を 欲して います。
My body wants water.
ほ（しい） hoshii · kun reading
欲しい
to want (to have)
新しい 本が 欲しいです。
I want a new book.
Practise writing 欲 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 欲 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.