欲する

Etymology
→ →

Sound shift from classical verb,  in turn from the  +.

The sense "to attempt to" is a calque of Classical Chinese.

First attested in ideographic form in the ' of 720, and in phonetic spelling in the ' of 759.

Verb

 * 1)  to want, to desire
 * 2)   in the form  : to attempt to
 * 1)   in the form  : to attempt to