The kanji 貪: meaning, readings and stroke order

貪

Meaning: greedy, crave
On reading: ドン don
Kun reading: むさぼ（る） musaboru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 貝 shell
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tham, ham muốn (tham)
Japanese: むさぼる。ほしがる。
Korean: 탐내다, 욕심내다 (탐)
Chinese: 贪、贪婪 (贪)

Readings, words and example sentences

ドン don · on reading · less common

貪どん欲よく
greedy, hungry (for more)
貪どん欲よくに学びます。
I am hungry to learn.

むさぼ（る） musaboru · kun reading · less common

貪むさぼる
to devour, to crave
本を 貪むさぼるように読みます。
I devour books.

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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.