| 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
470 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 望 【モチ】 full moon, 15th day of the lunar month
- 望遠鏡 【ボウエンキョウ】 telescope
- 眺望 【チョウボウ】 prospect, view, outlook
- 太公望 【タイコウボウ】 (avid) angler
- 本望 【ホンモウ】 long-cherished ambition, satisfaction
- 宿望 【シュクボウ】 long-cherished desire, one's heart's desire
Kun reading compounds
- 望む 【のぞむ】 to desire, to want, to wish for, to hope for, to expect (of someone), to hope for, to look forward to, to see, to command (a view of), to overlook
- 望むところ 【のぞむところ】 what one desires, what one hopes for, suits me well, could ask for nothing better, bring it on, make my day
- 望 【もち】 full moon, 15th day of the lunar month
- 望月 【もちづき】 full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み、 も
- Korean:
- mang
Spanish
- esperanza
- deseo
- aspiración
- mirar lejos
- popularidad
- desear
- esperar
Portuguese
- ambição
- lua cheia
- esperança
- desejo
- aspirar
- esperar
French
- ambition
- espoir
- désir
- aspirer à
- dominer (vue)
- contempler
- pleine lune
| 514 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 613 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 585 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 361 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2940 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 767 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 613 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1777 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 673 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 685 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 581 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1007 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3408 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1756 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2390 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 500 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14368P | Morohashi |
| 2742 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4819 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 489 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 528 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 314 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 578 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 0710.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 671b | Unicode hex code |