Kanken 1

Meaning

Kanji 覦

coveting high rank

coveting high rank

Stroke Order
Kontrol animasi urutan goresan

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ねが.う
Onyomi 音読み
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 觎 (Itaiji)

Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
16
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
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覬覦

きゆ

covetousness

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は人の地位をうような男ではない。

He is not the kind of man who covets another person's status.

若くして高位をえば、身を滅ぼしかねない。

If someone covets high rank while still too young, it may ruin him.

身分に過ぎた栄誉をうべきではない。

One should not desire honors beyond one's station.

彼の言葉には、上の座をう心がにじんでいた。

His words revealed a desire for a higher seat.

う心を捨てて、自分の務めを果たしなさい。

Cast away covetous ambition and do your duty well.