Memory phrase for the character: 欲

欲

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Meaning

desire, longing, want

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.

Radicals

谷 valleyImages of a valley that opens between/below mountains.
欠 deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 [when yawning] and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)
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 Vocabulary

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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