欲 meaning and pronunciation

欲
Simplified/traditional character

欲 English definition

yù
  • to wish for
  • to desire
  • variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 喩 : Japanese variant of 喻;
  • 喻 : to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory;
  • 域 : field; region; area; domain (taxonomy);
  • 堉 : fertile soil;
  • 妪 : old woman; to brood over; to protect;
  • 寓 : to reside; to imply; to contain; residence;
  • 峪 : valley;
  • 彧 : accomplished; elegant;
  • 御 : to resist; imperial; (classical) to drive (a chariot); to manage; to govern;
  • 悆 : happy;
  • 愈 : the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better;
  • 昱 : bright light;
  • 棜 : tray for carrying sacrificial meats;
  • 棫 : (oak); thorny shrub;
  • 毓 : (archaic) to give birth to a child; to rear;
  • 浴 : bath; to bathe;
  • 淢 : moat; swift current;
  • 淯 : name of river; old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan; same as 育水;
  • 澦 : place name in Sichuan;
  • 灪 : (obscure) variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]; rich; great wave;
  • 煜 : brilliant; glorious;
  • 燏 : radiance of fire;
  • 燠 : warm;
  • 狱 : prison;
  • 獄 : prison
  • 獝 : devil;
  • 玉 : jade;
  • 瘉 : to heal;
  • 矞 : grand; elegant; propitious;
  • 礜 : arsenic;
  • 緎 : seam;
  • 繘 : a well-rope;
  • 罭 : drag-net;
  • 聿 : (arch. introductory particle); then; and then;
  • 肀 : pen
  • 育 : to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate;
  • 芋 : taro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta;
  • 薁 : Prunus japonica;
  • 蜮 : mythical creature; toad; worm;
  • 裕 : abundant;
  • 誉 : reputation;
  • 谕 : order (from above);
  • 豫 : happy; carefree; at one's ease; variant of 預|预[yu4]; old variant of 與|与[yu4];
  • 遇 : to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance;
  • 遹 : follow; in accordance with;
  • 郁 : elegant;
  • 鋊 : a poker; brass filings; to file;
  • 钰 : treasure; hard metal;
  • 阈 : threshold;
  • 隩 : bay; cove;
  • 預 : Preliminarily
  • 预 : to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare;
  • 饇 : to eat too much; to confer;
  • 饫 : full (as of eating);
  • 驈 : black horse with white legs;
  • 鬱 : 卆
  • 鬻 : to sell, esp. in strained circumstances;
  • 魊 : ghost of a child;
  • 鴥 : (of a bird) to fly swiftly; to swoop;
  • 鹆 : mynah;
  • 鹬 : common snipe; sandpiper;
  • 黦 : yellowish black;

Words containing 欲, by HSK level

愈 熨