よく
欲
ぼう
望

noun

  1. desire, appetite, lust.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
よく
欲
ぼう
望
 欲望 よくぼう ✔
よく
慾
ぼう
望
 慾望 よくぼう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

longing, covetousness, greed
ほ.しい　ヨク　ほっ.する (6th, N3)
valley
たに　や　コク (2nd, N2)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
lack, gap, fail
ケツ　か.ける　ケン (4th, N3)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
ambition, full moon, hope
ボウ　のぞ.む　もち (4th, N3)
deceased, the late, dying
ボウ　な.い　モウ (6th, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)