| 876 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 997 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 987 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 999 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4461 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 535 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 650 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1127 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1179 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1124 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1122 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1867 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 990 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 800 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16080 | Morohashi |
| 1475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2936 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 792 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 855 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 936 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
902 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 欲 【ヨク】 greed, craving, desire, appetite, hunger, avarice, wants
- 欲望 【ヨクボウ】 desire, appetite, lust
- 私欲 【シヨク】 self-interest, selfish desire
- 勤労意欲 【キンロウイヨク】 will to work
Kun reading compounds
- 欲する 【ほっする】 to want, to desire
- 欲しい 【ほしい】 wanting (to have), desiring, wishing for, I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
- 欲しいだけ 【ほしいだけ】 as much as one wants, as many as one wants, all that one wishes for
Readings
- Korean:
- yog
Spanish
- anhelo
- ansia
- deseo
- querer
- desear
Portuguese
- ambicionar
- cobiça
- ambição
- paixão
- desejo
- almejar
French
- désirer
- convoitise
- avidité
- passion
- besoin
| 2062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 8768.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b32 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 求職 【キュウショク】 job hunting, seeking employment
- 求刑 【キュウケイ】 recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment
- 身代金要求 【ミノシロキンヨウキュウ】 ransom demand
- 希求 【キキュウ】 longing, great desire, aspiration
- 求道 【キュウドウ】 seeking after truth
- 求道者 【キュウドウシャ】 seeker after truth, one who seeks the way
- 勤求 【ゴング】 inquiring the Buddha way
- 欣求 【ゴング】 earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
Kun reading compounds
- 求める 【もとめる】 to want, to wish for, to request, to demand, to require, to ask for, to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to find (a solution), to purchase, to buy
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- petición
- demanda
- buscar
- pedir
- demandar
- reclamar
- desear
Portuguese
- solicitação
- desejar
- deseja para
- requer
- demanda
French
- réclamer
- demander
- vouloir
- désirer
| 583 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 478 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 455 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 332 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 137 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 584 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 664 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 537 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 724 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 737 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 933 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1155 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4365 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2210 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2974 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 943 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17105 | Morohashi |
| 3550 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3036 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 934 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1004 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 297 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 478 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1442 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 4313.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c42 | Unicode hex code |