欲 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

欲 English definition

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

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : Japanese variant of 喻;
  • : to describe sth as; an analogy; a simile; a metaphor; an allegory;
  • : field; region; area; domain (taxonomy);
  • : fertile soil;
  • : old woman; to brood over; to protect;
  • : to reside; to imply; to contain; residence;
  • : valley;
  • : accomplished; elegant;
  • : to resist; imperial; (classical) to drive (a chariot); to manage; to govern;
  • : happy;
  • : the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better;
  • : bright light;
  • : tray for carrying sacrificial meats;
  • : (oak); thorny shrub;
  • : (archaic) to give birth to a child; to rear;
  • : bath; to bathe;
  • : moat; swift current;
  • : name of river; old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan; same as 育水;
  • : place name in Sichuan;
  • : (obscure) variant of 鬱|郁[yu4]; rich; great wave;
  • : brilliant; glorious;
  • : radiance of fire;
  • : warm;
  • : prison;
  • : prison
  • : devil;
  • : jade;
  • : to heal;
  • : grand; elegant; propitious;
  • : arsenic;
  • : seam;
  • : a well-rope;
  • : drag-net;
  • : (arch. introductory particle); then; and then;
  • : pen
  • : to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate;
  • : taro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta;
  • : Prunus japonica;
  • : mythical creature; toad; worm;
  • : abundant;
  • : reputation;
  • : order (from above);
  • : happy; carefree; at one's ease; variant of 預|预[yu4]; old variant of 與|与[yu4];
  • : to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance;
  • : follow; in accordance with;
  • : elegant;
  • : a poker; brass filings; to file;
  • : treasure; hard metal;
  • : threshold;
  • : bay; cove;
  • : Preliminarily
  • : to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare;
  • : to eat too much; to confer;
  • : full (as of eating);
  • : black horse with white legs;
  • : 卆
  • : to sell, esp. in strained circumstances;
  • : ghost of a child;
  • : (of a bird) to fly swiftly; to swoop;
  • : mynah;
  • : common snipe; sandpiper;
  • : yellowish black;

Words containing 欲, by HSK level