情欲

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See also: 情慾

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 情慾 (“lust; sexual desire”).
(This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 情慾).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 5
よく
Grade: 6
goon on'yomi
Alternative spelling
情慾

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 情慾 (MC dzjeng yowk). is a daiyōji replacing .

Pronunciation

Noun

(じょう)(よく) (jōyokuじやうよく (zyauyoku)?

  1. lust, sexual desire

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN