欲

yù

desire · appetite

Radical: 欠 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

次歌款欢欧歇欺欠欣歡歉歆

Same radical

次歌款欢欧歇欺欠欣歡歉歆歙欷歃

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Character Decomposition

欲=谷+欠

Etymology

lack

Meanings

desire

appetite

passion

lust

greed

yù

to wish for

to desire

yù

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Words with 欲 189 total

to suppress desire · self-restraint · asceticism禁欲jìn yù cupidity利欲lì yù

Idioms with 欲 88 total

(idiom) to be overcome with grief悲痛欲绝bēi tòng yù jué lit. to drool with desire (idiom) · fig. to hunger for · greedy馋涎欲滴chán xián yù dī lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic · to hold forth to one's heart's content畅所欲言chàng suǒ yù yán