Memory phrase for the Kanji: 欲

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Left: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.), right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])

In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the wants and desires.

谷	valley	Picture of a valley that opens between/below mountains.
欠	deficiency	The radical kakeru* shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)*

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貪欲な	どんよくな	greed, covetousness
性欲	せいよく	sexual desire
意欲	いよく	will, desire, ambition
欲	よく	greed, wants
欲しい	ほしい	wanted, wished for, in need of, desired
欲張り	よくばり	avarice, covetousness, greed
欲望	よくぼう	desire, appetite
欲深い	よくふかい	greedy
食欲	しょくよく	appetite (for food)

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