欲

yù = yu + Ø4

desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

欲 = 欠 + 谷 : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).

yù = yu + Ø4

to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

欲 = 欠 + 谷 : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).

欲 character breakdown

欲
- 欠
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - ⺈
- 谷
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 口

gǔ = gu + Ø3

grain / corn

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.

gǔ = gu + Ø3

surname Gu

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.

gǔ = gu + Ø3

valley

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

谷 = 人 + 八 + 口 : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.

qiàn = qi + an4

to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

欠 = ⺈ + 人 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is pretty annoyed by Neanderthal Man (人), who is quarreling with the crane (⺈) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Neanderthal Man (人) owes the crane money, and the crane is waving with his IOU note (mnemonic symbol for 欠).

Characters with 欲 as component

yù = yu + Ø4

desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

欲 = 欠 + 谷 : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).

Words with 欲

to follow one's heart's desires / to do as one pleases (idiom)

to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism

to begin to stir (idiom) / to get restless / to become threatening

to be eager to give sth a try (idiom)

selfish desire

ear-splitting (idiom); deafening

asceticism

to have a splitting headache (idiom)

to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

to indulge in debauchery

anal stage (psychology)

sexual desire / lust

Sentences with 欲

欲 currently does not appear in any sentence.