Chinese Character 欲 Meanings and components.

Form

欲

Meaning

欲 meaning[3] in English

Desire.

Appetite.

Passion.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 欲 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grain (谷) , and deficient (欠)

Its radical[1] is: 欠 (qian4) which means: Deficient, To Owe, To Lack, Yawn, .欠qian4deficient

In cangjie it is written with CRNO

How to write 欲

To write欲yu4desire you should write a combination of 谷gu3grain , 欠qian4deficient arranged in a 吅 shape:

谷 + 欠 = 欲

欲 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 欲 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 欲, looks as follow:

欲
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Desire . Appetite . Passion . Lust . Greed
谷
Pinyin:gu3
Meaning[3]: Grain . Corn
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
㕣
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吕
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
欠
Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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