慾

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See also: 欲
慾 U+617E, 慾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-617E
← 慽
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 慿 →

Translingual

Han character

慾 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 金人心 (COP), four-corner 87338, composition ⿱欲心)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 401, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11163
  • Dae Jaweon: page 741, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2343, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+617E

Chinese

trad. 慾/欲*
simp. 欲*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (谷) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
螸 *lo
裕 *loɡs
容 *loŋ
溶 *loŋ, *loŋʔ
鎔 *loŋ
蓉 *loŋ
傛 *loŋ, *loŋʔ
褣 *loŋ
搈 *loŋ
瑢 *loŋ
嵱 *loŋ
熔 *loŋ
榕 *loŋ
塎 *loŋʔ
谷 *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ
唂 *kloːɡ
焀 *ɡloːɡ
俗 *ljoɡ
欲 *loɡ
浴 *loɡ
鵒 *loɡ
峪 *ɦkloːɡ
鋊 *loɡ
輍 *loɡ
慾 *loɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *loɡ) : phonetic 欲 (OC *loɡ) + semantic 心 – to lust with one’s heart.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 慾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 燭 (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 余蜀切
Baxter yowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/juawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/iok̚/
Wang
Li 		/jĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		juk6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 慾
Reading # 1/1
No. 4309
Phonetic
component 		谷
Rime
group 		屋
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		欲
Old
Chinese 		/*loɡ/

Definitions

慾

  1. desire; lust

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

慾

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. desire, greed

Readings

  • Go-on: よく (yoku)
  • Kan-on: よく (yoku)
  • Kun: このみ (konomi)、むさぼる (musaboru)

Compounds

Usage notes

In modern Japanese, 慾 is mostly replaced by 欲, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

Japanese terms with 慾 replaced by daiyōji 欲
意欲
強欲
食欲
情欲
欲望

Korean

Hanja

慾 • (yok) (hangeul 욕, revised yok, McCune–Reischauer yok, Yale yok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

慾: Hán Nôm readings: dục

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