| 1053 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1935 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1337 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1855 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1216 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1851 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2007 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1660 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 494 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2957 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1518 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 791 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7286 | Morohashi |
| 2344 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1363 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 617 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 664 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1699 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
widow, minority, few
- On:
- カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2035 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 寡 【カ】 minority, small numbers, unmarried person, widow, widower
- 寡婦 【カフ】 widow, divorced woman not remarried, unmarried woman
- 多寡 【タカ】 degree (of something), greatness or smallness (of something), quantity, number, amount, size
- 鰥寡 【カンカ】 widow and widower, lonely people
Readings
- Korean:
- gwa
Spanish
- poco
- solo
- viudo
Portuguese
- viúva
- minoria
- poucos
French
- très peu
- minorité
- veuve
| 745 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3m11.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 3022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5be1 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |