Translingual

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

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

欲

1. wish, desire
2. to wish, to desire, to want

   工欲善其事，必先利其器。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

   From: "Duke Ling of Wei," Analects of Confucius (《論語·衛靈公》)

   Gōng yù shàn qí shì, bì xiān lì qí qì. [Pinyin]

   If a workman wishes to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

   如閣下欲以電郵聯絡政府資訊中心，請透過網頁：XYZ傳送問題。 [MSC, trad.]

   如阁下欲以电邮联络政府资讯中心，请透过网页：XYZ传送问题。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rú géxià yù yǐ diànyóu liánluò zhèngfǔ zīxùn zhōngxīn, qǐng tòuguò wǎngyè: XYZ chuánsòng wèntí. [Pinyin]

   Please send your enquiries and suggestions to the Public Information Centre by email via the homepage: XYZ.

3. about to

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

欲

1. (Hokkien, Min Dong) to want

   你欲佮我去圖書館無？ [Min Nan, trad.]

   你欲佮我去图书馆无？ [Min Nan, simp.]

   Lí beh kah góa khì tô͘-su-koán bô? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Do you want to go to the library with me?

2. (Hokkien, Min Dong) about to

   欲落雨矣，咱著出去收衫。 [Min Nan, trad.]

   欲落雨矣，咱着出去收衫。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   Beh lo̍h-hō͘--ah, lán tio̍h chhut-khì siu-saⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   It's about to rain! Let's go out to bring in the laundry.

3. (Hokkien) if

   欲我，我就會較早睏。 [Min Nan, trad.]

   欲我，我就会较早困。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   Beh góa, góa tō ē khah-chá khùn. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   If I were you, I would've slept earlier.

Compounds

See also

• 要 (yào)

References

• “Query for 欲”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: よく (yoku)
• Kan’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

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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