Info on the Kanji 貪

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Meaning(s)

covet

Reading(s)

onyomi DON
kunyomi musabo-ru

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Example words with 貪
WordMeaning
どん
don
coveting / raga
むさぼる
musaboru
to covet / to indulge in / to deeply desire / to lust insatiably for / to devour greedily
どんあい
don ai
attachment / craving
どんお
don o
greed / corruption
どんしょく
don shoku
voracity / ravenousness
どんふん
don fun
covetousness / greed
どんれい
don rei
avariciousness and inhumanity
どんよく
don yoku
avarice / greed / covetousness / raga
どんよく
donyoku
avarice / greed / covetousness / raga
どんらん
donran
covetousness / greed
突慳とつけんどん
totsu ken don
blunt / curt / brusque
欲法どんよくほう
donyoku hou
greedy algorithm
瞋痴どんしんち
don shin chi
the three kilesas that poison the heart of man
瞋癡どんしんち
don shin chi
the three kilesas that poison the heart of man
快をかいをむさぼる
kai wo musaboru
to enjoy oneself to the full
突っ慳つっ慳どん
tsutsu don
blunt / curt / brusque
り食うむさぼりくう
musabori kuu
to devour greedily
り読むむさぼりよむ
musabori yomu
to read avidly
官汚吏どんかんおり
don kan o ri
corrupt government official
食細胞どんしょくさいぼう
don shoku saibou
phagocyte
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Example Sentences with 貪
彼は知識に欲である。

彼の名誉は欲によってむしばまれた。

人類は欲に知りたがるものだ。

若者は己の欲の犠牲になりがちである。



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