貪
covet; indulge in
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school.
Readings
- むさぼる (kun reading): 貪る (むさぼる) to covet; 貪り食う (むさぼりくう) to eat greedily
- ドン (on reading): 貪欲 (どんよく) greedy; 貪食 (どんしょく) voracity
- タン (on reading): 貪 (たん) coveting; 貪汚 (たんお) greed
- トン (on reading): 貪愛 (とんあい) attachment; 貪瞋痴 (とんじんち) the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion)
Components
- 今
- 貝
- 一 radical one
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 𠆢 radical person roof
- 目 radical eye
- 貝 radical shell; money
Words using 貪
- 貪る (むさぼる) to covet
- 貪り食う (むさぼりくう) to eat greedily
- 貪り食らう (むさぼりくらう) to devour greedily
- 快を貪る (かいをむさぼる) to enjoy oneself to the full
- 貪り尽くす (むさぼりつくす) to consume greedily
- 貪欲 (どんよく) greedy
- 貪食 (どんしょく) voracity
- 貪欲法 (どんよくほう) greedy algorithm
- 貪婪 (どんらん) avarice
- 貪食細胞 (どんしょくさいぼう) phagocyte
- 貪 (たん) coveting
- 貪汚 (たんお) greed
- 貪官汚吏 (たんかんおり) corrupt government official
- 貪戻 (たんれい) avariciousness and inhumanity
- 貪愛 (とんあい) attachment
- 貪瞋痴 (とんじんち) the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion)
- 無貪 (むとん) non-craving
- 貪欲 (とんよく) raga (desire)