EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    greedy; avaricious; covetous

    彼の名誉は貪欲によってむしばまれた。
    His honor was corroded by greed.

Also written 貪慾【どんよく】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

covet, indulge in

Kun
むさぼ.る
On
タンドントン
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
Radical
shell

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-2-9SKIP code
2a9.20The Kanji Dictionary
8080.6Four corner code
8caaUnicode hex code
1-76-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
505Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5777New Nelson (John Haig)
2630Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1821Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1713Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
36680Morohashi
1837Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
tan1Pinyin reading
tamKorean reading
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