Kanji

貪

Meaning

covet and indulge in

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • むさぼる

On'yomi

  • たん coveting
  • たん お greed
  • たん れい avariciousness and inhumanity
  • どん よく greedy
  • どん しょく voracity
  • どん らん avarice
  • とん あい attachment
  • む とん non-craving
  • とん じんち the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/11

Related Entries

貪 たん
coveting, raga (desire)

Component Analysis

貪
covet, indulge in
むさぼ.る, タン, ドン
今
now
いま, コン, キン
亼
to assemble. to gather together
あつまる, シュウ, ジュウ
𠆢
( 人 )
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
㇇
貝
shellfish
かい, バイ
目
eye, class, look...
め, -め, モク
八
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
や, や.つ, ハチ

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