# 欲 — Want

Frequency rank 736 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 街 (Streets), less common than 属 (Belong).

- On’yomi: よく
- Kun’yomi: ほ
- Radical: 欠 Lack (Kangxi 76)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

A valley on the left echoes with lack on the right -- a valley that lacks everything it needs desperately wants more.

In words:

- 欲しい ほしい — want
- 欲望 よくぼう — desire;appetite
- 欲張り よくばり — avarice,covetousness,greed

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