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慾

juk6

yu4

desire; longing; wish; passion; appetite; greed; lust

欲 is also a traditional character with other meanings as verb and adverb.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 心 (#61)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

慾 / 欲

This word has been viewed 6397 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Oct 2010 10:42

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食慾 sik6 juk6 shi2 yu4 = appetite; [粵] 開胃

慾望 juk6 mong6 yu4 wang4 = desire; wish; lust

情慾 cing4 juk6 qing2 yu4 = lust; sexual passion

性慾 sing3 juk6 xing4 yu4 = sexual desire; libido

人慾 jan4 juk6 = human desires

清心寡慾 cing1 sam1 gwaa2 juk6 = purify the mind and reduce (sexual) desire (lit., "clear mind with few desires")

慾火攻心 juk6 fo2 gung1 sam1 yu4 huo3 gong1 xin1 = to be steeped in sensual passion; to be bombarded with sexual desires

縱慾 zung3 juk6 zong4 yu4 = live in debauchery

七情六慾 cat1 cing4 luk6 juk6 = the seven emotions and six desires (confuse the true nature of man)

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Decimal representation of this word: 慾
Unicode code for this character: U+617e (off-site link)

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