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婪
lán
1. avaricious
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

婪
lán
to covet; covetous, avaricious
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (3)

贪婪
tānlán
avaricious
HSK 6
贪婪无厌
tānlánwúyàn
avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪婪是万恶之源
tānlánshìwànèzhīyuán
Greed is the root of all evil.

Alternate Entries

婪
lán
old variant of [[婪<lán>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,111
Word Frequency Rank
5,201 of 84,292

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