欲

See also: 慾

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 谷 + semantic 欠 (“blow”)

Han character

欲 (radical 76 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金口弓人 (CRNO), four-corner 8768₂, composition ⿰谷欠)

1. to desire, want, long for
2. intend

Derived characters

• 慾

References

• KangXi: page 567, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16080
• Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2140, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6B32

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		欲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): beh / boeh / io̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yü⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiw
    • IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: juk⁶
    • Yale: yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh / boeh / io̍k
    • Tâi-lô: beh / bueh / io̍k
    • IPA (Taipei): /beʔ³²/, /bueʔ³²/, /iɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /beʔ³²/, /bueʔ³²/, /iɔk̚¹²¹/
  • Note: beh, boeh - vernacular, io̍k - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (欲, reconstructed)
Character (欲), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 燭 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 余蜀切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨok̚/	/i̯wok̚/	/iok̚/	/jiok̚/	/juawk̚/	/jĭwok̚/	/iok̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (欲, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
欲								yù								‹ yowk ›								/*ɢ(r)ok/								desire (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
欲					4303					谷					屋					0					欲					/*loɡ/

Compounds

• 欲望
• 欲暗仔 (beh-àm-á, boeh-àm-á)
• 欲呢 (beh-nî, boeh-nî)
• 欲知 (beh-tsai, boeh-tsai)
• 強欲 (kiōng-beh/kiōng-boeh)
• 拄欲 (tú beh, tú boeh)
• 咧欲 (teh-beh, teh-boeh)
• 嘛欲 (mā beh, mā boeh)

See also

• 要

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Japanese

Kanji

欲

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: よく (yoku)
• Kun: 　1. ほしい (hoshi-i)
  • 　　　2. ほっする (hos-suru), from ほりす (hor-i-su)
  • 　　　3. [archaic] ほる (hor-u)
  • Manyō-gana: よ (yo) [back-vowel variant(甲類)]

Usage notes

This character was sometimes used to phonetically transcribe the Old Japanese word for “night” (yo). [cf. Manyōshū : 4134]

Compounds

• 愛欲
• 強欲
• 色欲
• 食欲
• 性欲
• 大欲
• 物欲
• 無欲
• 名誉欲

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Korean

Hanja

欲 (yok)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 욕 (revised: yok, McCune-Reischauer: yok, Yale: yok)

• Name (hangeul): 바랄 욕 (para-r yok)()

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Vietnamese

Han character

欲 (dục, giục)

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