greedy, avaricious

Animated Stroke Order 婪

婪 stroke order svg

Stroke Order Diagrams 婪

婪 stroke order diagram

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Example Sentences

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1
lán
cái
rén

He greedily takes wealth regardless of others

2
lán
lán
de
guāng
dīng
zhe
měi
shí

Greedy eyes staring at delicious food

3
tān
lán
de
rén
yǒng
yuǎn
zhī
mǎn

Greedy people are never satisfied

4
hěn
tān
lán
xiǎng
yào
hěn
duō
qián

He is greedy and wants a lot of money.

5
tān
lán
de
rén
zǒng
shì
mǎn
yǒu
de
dōng
西

Greedy people are never satisfied with what they have.

6
tān
lán
de
wàng
ràng
shī
le
péng
yǒu
jiā
rén
de
xìn
rèn

His greedy desires caused him to lose the trust of friends and family.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes11
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2158
Zhuyinㄌㄢˊ
Components
UnicodeU+5A6A
CangjieDDV
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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