Memory phrase for the Kanji: 欲
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欲 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| desire, longing, want
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Pronunciation |
YOKU
hoshii |
Explanation |
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]) |
Mnemonic
| In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the wants and desires.
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Radicals
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谷
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valley | Picture of a valley that opens between/below mountains. |
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欠
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deficiency | The radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open and stands for lack or deficiency. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 貪欲な |
どんよくな |
greed, covetousness |
| 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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