Entry
  1. Noun

    (being) slightly covetous; a little covetousness

    see 大欲

Also written 小欲【しょうよく】少慾【しょうよく】小慾【しょうよく】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

few, little

Kun
すく.ないすこ.し
On
ショウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
287 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-4, 1-1-3SKIP code
3n1.1The Kanji Dictionary
9020.0Four corner code
1160deroo
5c11Unicode hex code
1-30-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
166Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1390New Nelson (John Haig)
3467New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4278Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2163Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2915Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
111Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
231A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
88Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
129Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7475Morohashi
143A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
144Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
93sakade
47Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
160henshall3
95Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
153crowley
105Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
512Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
107Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shao3, shao4Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving

Kun
ほっ.するほ.しい
On
ヨク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
902 of 2500
Radical
lack
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-7-4SKIP code
4j7.1The Kanji Dictionary
8768.2Four corner code
2062deroo
6b32Unicode hex code
1-45-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4461Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2936New Nelson (John Haig)
1475New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
990Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1341Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
792Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
855Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
999A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
535Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16080Morohashi
987A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1127Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1179Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
876sakade
650Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
997henshall3
936Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1124Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1122Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
800Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
yogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level