欲yù
desire, want, longing, intent. 11 strokes, radical 欠, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin yùStrokes 11Radical 欠Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 欲
Strokes 1–7 write 谷, then strokes 8–11 write 欠.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 欲 · the stroke-order rules
What 欲 is made of
谷 (gǔ, valley) and 欠 (qiàn, to lack).
欠 carries the meaning — lack — and 谷 carries the sound.
Words that use 欲
| 食欲 | appetite 指想吃东西的愿望 忙起来的时候常常没有食欲。When he was busy he often had no appetite. Lesson 642, 夜校识字 · 民惟邦本与政通人和 · Civic Harmony & Social Equity |
Characters that share the sound part 谷
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 欠
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 欠 radical page.