慾

See also: 欲

慾	U+617E, 慾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-617E

← 慽
[U+617D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

慿 →
[U+617F]

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu̍k
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸yoq; ⁸yuq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: juk⁶
  - Yale: yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸yoq; ⁸yuq
  - MiniDict: yoh^入; yuih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhioq; ⁵hhyq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦioʔ¹²/, /ɦyɪʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: yowk

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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*loɡ/

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

desire; lust

Compounds

七情六慾／七情六欲
利慾／利欲 (lìyù)
利慾薰心／利欲薰心
嗜慾／嗜欲 (shìyù)
少私寡慾／少私寡欲
性慾／性欲 (xìngyù)
情慾／情欲 (qíngyù)
慾令智昏／欲令智昏 (yùlìngzhìhūn)
慾壑難填／欲壑难填
慾念／欲念 (yùniàn)
慾望／欲望 (yùwàng)
慾火／欲火 (yùhuǒ)
求知慾／求知欲 (qiúzhīyù)
清心寡慾／清心寡欲 (qīngxīnguǎyù)
淫慾／淫欲 (yínyù)
獸慾／兽欲 (shòuyù)
省慾去奢／省欲去奢
禁慾／禁欲 (jìnyù)
禁慾主義／禁欲主义 (jìnyùzhǔyì)
私慾／私欲 (sīyù)
縱慾／纵欲 (zòngyù)
肉慾／肉欲 (ròuyù)
色慾／色欲 (sèyù)
貪慾／贪欲 (tānyù)
貪慾無藝／贪欲无艺
食慾／食欲 (shíyù)
食慾不振／食欲不振 (shíyùbùzhèn)

Japanese

Kanji

慾

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

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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