# 慾

| 慾 | U+617E, &#24958; 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 8733$_8$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): juk$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yu̍k
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): io̍k
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$yoq; $^8$yuq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: juk$^6$
*** Yale: yuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: juk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: iug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯uk̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yug$^6$
*** 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: $^8$yoq; $^8$yuq
*** MiniDict: yoh$^入$; yuih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$hhioq; $^5$hhyq
*** 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 | juk$^6$ |
* 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

(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

* 愛慾
* 強慾
* 色慾
* 食慾
* 性慾
* 大慾
* 物慾
* 無慾
* 情慾
* 名誉慾

#### 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.

## 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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