慾

Information about character(s)

Radical: 心
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 15
Variants: 欲

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yù
Cantonese: juk6
JapaneseKun: KONOMI MUSABORU
JapaneseOn: YOKU
Korean: YOK
Vietnamese: dục

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: lust, desire, passion; appetite

CE-Dict: desire/appetite/passion/lust/greed

Soothill: Passion, inordinate desire, lust, v. 欲.

康熙字典文字版 【卯集上】【心字部】慾
【廣韻】余蜀切【集韻】【韻會】兪玉切，𠀤音欲。【集韻】情所好也。【周武王·杖銘】惡乎失道於嗜慾。　又叶余戍切，音裕。【張衡·東京賦】達餘萌於暮春，昭誠心以遠諭。進明德而崇業，滌饕餮之貪慾。　本作欲。或作慾。口鼻耳目四支之欲皆出於心，故从心，亦通。

Han-De-Dict: mögen, wollen, wünschen (u.E.) (V)/Begierde, Lust, Wunsch, Verlangen (u.E.)/werden, im Begriff sein etw. zu tun (u.E.)