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欲 - Longing
In ancient China, Longing was imagined as a deep Valley echoing with voices, where a heart felt an aching Lack like an empty stomach growling. Just as poets compared desire to hunger, the character joins valley and lack to show yearning that can never quite be filled.
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欲 - Longing
Index #1107
Grade 6
11 strokes
JLPT Level: N3
Readings: ヨク, ほっ・する, ほ・しい '・
Compound Kanji

Common Vocab

ほしがる 欲しがる
to want, to desire
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よく
desire, greed
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よくぼう 欲望
desire, craving
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いよく 意欲
volition, motivation
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