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欲望 is a word that means strong desire, while some might translate it as “lust.”
The first character of this word means desire, longing, hunger, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving, or wish. The second character means to hope for, ambition, desire, aspire, expect, gaze (into the distance), or look for something.
慾 means desire, longing, appetite, wish, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, avarice, and craving.
慾 is universal in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja.
The context in which this character is used determines whether the meaning is good or bad. As a single character on a wall scroll, you get to decide what the definition is to you (hopefully more toward desire than greed).
Please note that Japanese use a simplified version of this character - it also happens to be the same simplification used in mainland China. Click on the character to the right if you want the Japanese/Simplified version of desire.
情欲 can be defined as lust, sexual desire, sensual desire, carnal desire, carnal passions, sexual desire, and passion.
The first character means feeling, emotions, passionate, sympathy, affection, love, compassion, tender feelings, and sometimes circumstances or facts.
The second character means desire, longing, appetite, wish, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, and craving.
This word is universal in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja.
This Chinese word can mean desirous, wishful, or desire.
The first character means to thirst for [something] or to be thirsty. The second character means to hope for, to expect, to gaze (into the distance), or to look for something. The combined meaning of these two characters changes a bit, but I think it's nice to know the individual meanings to give you a better understanding of where a word comes from.
Korean definitions of this word include craving, longing, and thirst for knowledge.
These search terms might be related to Craving:
Aspire / Burning Desire
Desire
Desire / Craving
Desire / Longing / Craving
Desire / Wish / Aspiration
Enthusiasm / Passion for a Cause
Four Noble Truths: Desire and Attachment
Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachment
Give Up Desire
Kama - Desire Wish Longing
Longing for Lover
Lust / Desire / Passion
Missing / Yearning
Omoi / Desire
Passion for a Cause
Romantic Passion
Thirst for Truth
Yen
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your craving search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
愛 爱 see styles |
ài ai4 ai ai あい |
More info & calligraphy: Love(n,n-suf) (1) (See 愛する) love; affection; care; (2) {Buddh} attachment; craving; desire; (3) {Christn} (See アガペー・1) agape; (4) (abbreviation) Ireland; (female given name) Rui kāma; rāga. Love, affection, desire; also used for tṛṣṇā, thirst, avidity, desire, one of the twelve nidānas. It is intp. as 貪 coveting, and 染著 defiling attachment; also defined as defiling love like that toward wife and children, and undefiling love like that toward one's teachers and elders. |
慾 欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoku よく |
More info & calligraphy: Desire / Longing / Cravinggreed; craving; desire; avarice; wants Passion, inordinate desire, lust, v. 欲. |
欲 see styles |
yù yu4 yü yoku よく |
More info & calligraphy: Desire / Longing / Cravinggreed; craving; desire; avarice; wants; (surname) Yoku rājas, passion. Also kāma, desire, love. The Chinese word means to breathe after, aspire to, desire, and is also used as 慾 for lust, passion; it is inter alia intp. as 染愛塵 tainted with the dust (or dirt) of love, or lust. The three desires are for beauty, demeanour, and softness; the five are those of the five physical senses. |
癮 瘾 see styles |
yǐn yin3 yin |
addiction; craving |
貪 贪 see styles |
tān tan1 t`an tan tan; ton; don たん; とん; どん |
to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt (1) coveting; (2) {Buddh} (usu. とん) raga (desire) rāga; colouring, dyeing, tint, red; affection, passion, vehement longing or desire; cf. M. W. In Chinese: cupidity, desire; intp. tainted by and in bondage to the five desires; it is the first in order of the 五鈍使 pañca-kleśa q. v., and means hankering after, desire for, greed, which causes clinging to earthly life and things, therefore reincarnation. |
饞 馋 see styles |
chán chan2 ch`an chan |
gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving |
喜貪 喜贪 see styles |
xǐ tān xi3 tan1 hsi t`an hsi tan kiton |
enjoyment and craving |
垂涎 see styles |
chuí xián chui2 xian2 ch`ui hsien chui hsien suizen; suien; suisen(ok) すいぜん; すいえん; すいせん(ok) |
to water at the mouth; to drool (n,vs,vi) (1) avid desire; craving; thirst; envy; (n,vs,vi) (2) (orig. meaning) watering at the mouth; drooling |
心願 心愿 see styles |
xīn yuàn xin1 yuan4 hsin yüan shingan しんがん |
cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration prayer; heartfelt wish The will of the mind, resolve, vow. |
愛取 爱取 see styles |
ài qǔ ai4 qu3 ai ch`ü ai chü aishu |
craving and grasping |
愛滅 爱灭 see styles |
ài miè ai4 mie4 ai mieh aimetsu |
the cessation of craving |
愛盡 爱尽 see styles |
ài jìn ai4 jin4 ai chin aijin |
elimination of craving |
慾望 欲望 see styles |
yù wàng yu4 wang4 yü wang yokubou / yokubo よくぼう |
desire; longing; appetite; craving (irregular kanji usage) desire; appetite; lust |
我貪 我贪 see styles |
wǒ tān wo3 tan1 wo t`an wo tan gaton |
self-craving |
欲情 see styles |
yù qíng yu4 qing2 yü ch`ing yü ching yokujou / yokujo よくじょう |
(noun/participle) passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving passion |
欲求 see styles |
yù qiú yu4 qiu2 yü ch`iu yü chiu yokkyuu / yokkyu よっきゅう |
to desire; wants; appetites (noun, transitive verb) desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving desire, craving, aspiration |
欲瞋 see styles |
yù chēn yu4 chen1 yü ch`en yü chen yokushin |
craving and ill-will |
欲貪 欲贪 see styles |
yù tān yu4 tan1 yü t`an yü tan yokuton |
Desire and coveting, or coveting as the result of passion; craving. |
渇き see styles |
kawaki かわき |
(1) thirst; (2) craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger |
渇愛 渇爱 see styles |
kě ài ke3 ai4 k`o ai ko ai katsuai かつあい |
thirst; craving; desire thirst |
渇望 see styles |
katsubou / katsubo かつぼう |
(noun, transitive verb) craving; longing; thirsting |
滅愛 灭爱 see styles |
miè ài mie4 ai4 mieh ai metsuai |
to annihilate craving |
無愛 无爱 see styles |
wú ài wu2 ai4 wu ai muai |
Without love, or craving, or attachment. |
無貧 无贫 see styles |
wú pín wu2 pin2 wu p`in wu pin muhin |
no craving |
無貪 无贪 see styles |
wú tān wu2 tan1 wu t`an wu tan muton むとん |
{Buddh} (See 三善根) non-craving; non-coveting non-craving |
物欲 see styles |
wù yù wu4 yu4 wu yü butsuyoku ぶつよく |
material desire; craving for material things greed; worldly or materialistic desires |
生願 生愿 see styles |
shēng yuàn sheng1 yuan4 sheng yüan |
desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā); craving for rebirth |
癮頭 瘾头 see styles |
yǐn tóu yin3 tou2 yin t`ou yin tou |
craving; addiction |
苦集 see styles |
kǔ jí ku3 ji2 k`u chi ku chi ku shu |
samudaya, arising, coming together, collection, multitude. The second of the four axioms, that of 'accumulation', that misery is intensified by craving or desire and the passions, which are the cause of reincarnation. |
解饞 解馋 see styles |
jiě chán jie3 chan2 chieh ch`an chieh chan |
to satisfy one's craving |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Desire Craving | 欲望 | yokubou / yokubo | yù wàng / yu4 wang4 / yu wang / yuwang | yü wang / yüwang |
Desire Longing Craving | 慾 欲 | yoku | yù / yu4 / yu | yü |
Lust Desire Passion | 情欲 | jouyoku / joyoku | qíng yù / qing2 yu4 / qing yu / qingyu | ch`ing yü / chingyü / ching yü |
Desire | 渴望 | kě wàng / ke3 wang4 / ke wang / kewang | k`o wang / kowang / ko wang | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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