| 797 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 887 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 876 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 221 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3265 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 367 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 232 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 637 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 125 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 125 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 72 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1428 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1432 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 758 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1030 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 911 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24913 | Morohashi |
| 1115 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4124 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 902 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 968 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 17 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 852 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 私 【シ】 private affairs, personal matter
- 私案 【シアン】 private plan, one's own plan
- 無私 【ムシ】 unselfish, selfless, disinterested
- 滅私 【メッシ】 selflessness, being unselfish
Kun reading compounds
- 私 【わたくし】 I, me, personal (affairs, etc.), private, selfishness, partiality, secrecy, confidentiality
- 私立 【しりつ】 private (establishment)
- 不肖私 【ふしょうわたくし】 I, me
- 私 【わたし】 I, me
- 私たち 【わたしたち】 we, us
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- yo
- privado
- secreto
Portuguese
- particular
- Eu
- me
French
- privé
- je
- moi
| 2271 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2293.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79c1 | 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 |