欲

See also: 慾

欲	U+6B32, 欲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B32

← 欱
[U+6B31]

CJK Unified Ideographs

欳 →
[U+6B33]

Translingual

Han character

欲 (radical 76 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金口弓人 (CRNO), four-corner 8768₂, composition ⿰谷欠)

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

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 欲
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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, OC *loɡ) : phonetic 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ) + semantic 欠.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		欲

Sino-Tibetan. Compare Burmese လို (lui, “to want; to desire”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Alternatively, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ju(w) (“to ask; to request”), whence Tibetan ཞུ (zhu, “to request”) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu̍k
Min Dong (BUC): ṳ̆k
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): io̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): iog⁸
Wu (Wiktionary): hhioq (T5)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiw
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶
  - Yale: yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - IPA: /i̯uk̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - IPA: /(j)i̯uk̚⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̆k
  - IPA ^(key): /yʔ⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io̍k
  - Tâi-lô: io̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔk̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iog⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: io̍k
  - IPA ^(key): /iok̚⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhioq (T5)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ʊʔ¹²/

Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 欲
Mandarin	Beijing	/y⁵¹/
	Harbin	/y⁵³/
	Tianjin	/y⁵³/
	Jinan	/y²¹/
	Qingdao	/y⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/y³¹²/
	Xi'an	/y²¹/
	Xining	/y⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/y¹³/
	Lanzhou	/y¹³/
	Ürümqi	/y²¹³/
	Wuhan	/iəu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/yo³¹/ /y¹³/
	Guiyang	/iu²¹/
	Kunming	/iu³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʐuʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/yəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/yəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/yʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/yəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦioʔ¹/ /ɦyɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ɦioʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦyəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/jo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/iuʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ʐəu²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/iəɯ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/iuk̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʒot̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jok̚²/
	Nanning	/juk̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/jok̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/iɔk̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/yʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/y⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/iok̚⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/zok̚⁵/ /hau³⁵/ 訓好

Middle Chinese: /jɨok̚/▼

Rime
Character	欲
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
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

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢ(r)ok/

(Zhengzhang): /*loɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	欲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ yowk ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢ(r)ok/
English	desire (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欲
Reading #	1/1
No.	4303
Phonetic component	谷
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	欲
Old Chinese	/*loɡ/

Definitions

欲

wish; desire
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.
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Compounds

Derived terms from 欲

七情六欲
亟欲
人欲
人欲橫流／人欲横流
六欲
口腹之欲
可欲
含苞欲放
呼之欲出
哀哀欲絕／哀哀欲绝
噴薄欲出／喷薄欲出
垂涎欲滴
多欲
大欲
寡欲 (guǎyù)
專欲難成／专欲难成
山雨欲來／山雨欲来
從心所欲／从心所欲 (cóngxīnsuǒyù)
恣心所欲
恣情縱欲／恣情纵欲
恬淡寡欲
恬淡無欲／恬淡无欲
悲痛欲絕／悲痛欲绝
情欲
意欲 (yìyù)
懲忿窒欲／惩忿窒欲
我醉欲眠

搖搖欲墜／摇摇欲坠
昏昏欲睡 (hūnhūnyùshuì)
暢所欲言／畅所欲言
望眼欲穿 (wàngyǎnyùchuān)
欲不可從／欲不可从
欲取固與／欲取固与
欲哭無淚／欲哭无泪
欲塹／欲堑
欲壑難填／欲壑难填
欲壑難飽／欲壑难饱
欲就還推／欲就还推
欲待 (yùdài)
欲念
欲振乏力
欲擒故縱／欲擒故纵 (yùqíngùzòng)
欲望
欲海
欲深谿壑
欲炙之色
欲界
欲益反損／欲益反损
欲罷不能／欲罢不能
欲蓋彌彰／欲盖弥彰
欲言又止
欲語還休／欲语还休
欲說還休／欲说还休

毚欲
泫然欲泣
清貧寡欲／清贫寡欲
清靜寡欲／清静寡欲
渴欲
澹泊寡欲
為所欲為／为所欲为 (wéisuǒyùwéi)
無欲則剛／无欲则刚
物欲 (wùyù)
痛不欲生 (tòngbùyùshēng)
私欲
窒欲
窮奢極欲／穷奢极欲
縱情恣欲／纵情恣欲
縱情遂欲／纵情遂欲
縱欲／纵欲 (zòngyù)
耳目之欲
蠢蠢欲動／蠢蠢欲动 (chǔnchǔnyùdòng)
貪欲／贪欲 (tānyù)
躍躍欲試／跃跃欲试
逸欲
隨心所欲／随心所欲 (suíxīnsuǒyù)
震耳欲聾／震耳欲聋
飄飄欲仙／飘飘欲仙
饞涎欲垂／馋涎欲垂
饞涎欲滴／馋涎欲滴

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		欲
alt. forms		卜要勃 Min Dong 剝／剥 Min Dong

Pronunciation

Min Dong (BUC): buóh
Min Nan (POJ): beh / berh / boeh / boh

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: buóh
  - IPA ^(key): /puɔʔ²⁴/

Note: semantic (訓用字).

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Philippines, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: beh
  - Tâi-lô: beh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: beq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /beʔ³²/
  - IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /beʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: berh
  - Tâi-lô: berh
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bəʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /bəʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boeh
  - Tâi-lô: bueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boeq
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bueʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boh
  - Tâi-lô: boh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boiq

Note: semantic (訓用字).

Definitions

欲

(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?
(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.
- 天烏烏，欲落雨。 [Min Nan, trad.]
  天乌乌，欲落雨。 [Min Nan, simp.]
  From: 天烏烏 (A Hokkien nursery rhyme)
  Thiⁿ o͘-o͘, beh lo̍h-hō͘. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The sky is dark; it seems like it will rain.
(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.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 要 (“to want to”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		欲
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		要
Mandarin	Beijing	要、想
Cantonese	Guangzhou	要、想
Cantonese	Hong Kong	要、想
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	愛
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	愛
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	愛
	Dongshi (Dabu)	愛
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	愛
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	愛
Min Nan	Xiamen	欲
	Quanzhou	欲
	Zhangzhou	欲
	Taipei	欲
	Kaohsiung	欲
	Tainan	欲
	Taichung	欲
	Hsinchu	欲
	Lukang	欲
	Sanxia	欲
	Yilan	欲
	Kinmen	欲
	Magong	欲
	Penang	欲
	Chaozhou	愛
	Shantou	愛
Wu	Wenzhou	愛

Compounds

咧欲
嘛欲 (mā beh, mā boeh)
強欲／强欲 (kiōng-beh, kiōng-boeh)

拄欲 (tú beh, tú boeh)
欲呢 (beh-nî, boeh-nî)

欲暗仔 (beh-àm-á, boeh-àm-á)
欲知

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

欲

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

want

Readings

Goon: よく (yoku, Jōyō)
Kan’on: よく (yoku, Jōyō)
Kun: ほしい (hoshii, 欲しい, Jōyō); ほっする (hossuru, 欲する, Jōyō); ほりす (horisu, 欲す)

Usage notes

This character was sometimes used to phonetically transcribe the Old Japanese word for “night” (yo). [cf. Manyōshū : 4134]

Compounds

愛欲 (あいよく) (aiyoku)
強欲 (ごうよく) (gōyoku)
色欲 (しきよく) (shikiyoku)
食欲 (しょくよく) (shokuyoku)
性欲 (せいよく) (seiyoku)
大欲 (たいよく) (taiyoku)
物欲 (ぶつよく) (butsuyoku)
無欲 (むよく) (muyoku)
名誉欲 (めいよよく) (meiyoyoku)

Korean

Hanja

欲 • (yok)

Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 욕 (revised: yok, McCune–Reischauer: yok, Yale: yok)
- Name (hangeul): 바랄 욕 (revised: para-r yok)

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Vietnamese

Han character

欲 (dục, giục)

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