欲

Derived characters

 * 慾 螸

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
Sino-Tibetan. Compare 🇨🇬.

Alternatively, from, whence 🇨🇬 (ibid.).

Definitions

 * 1) wish; desire
 * 2) to wish; to desire; to want
 * 3) about to
 * 1) to wish; to desire; to want
 * 2) about to
 * 1) about to
 * 1) about to
 * 1) about to

Etymology 3
From the grammaticalization of.

Definitions

 * 1)  to want (to do)
 * 2)  to wish to have or keep
 * 3)  about to
 * 4)  if
 * 1)  about to
 * 2)  if
 * 1)  if
 * 1)  if
 * 1)  if

Definitions

 * 1)  to like
 * 2)  to want (an object)
 * 3)  to want (to do); to wish
 * 4)  to need to; must
 * 5)  about to
 * 6)  to be prone; to be easy to
 * 1)  to be prone; to be easy to

Kanji

 * 1) want

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

Etymology
Attested from the thirteenth century.

Noun

 * 1) desire, a want, that which is wanted
 * 2) greed, avarice
 * 3) ambition, will
 * 1) greed, avarice
 * 2) ambition, will
 * 1) ambition, will
 * 1) ambition, will