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貪 means 'covet'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 2487   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-46    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 15 words   Used in 22 words   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ドン
Kun
   むさぼる to covet
Additional readings
On    トン   タン
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Because 貪 represents greed, it’s tied to various Buddhist beliefs, including one about three poisons. The kanji is also associated with untiring zeal, so it factors into terms for an endless appetite for sex, for reading, and for food. Learn to say, “How does it help you to be so unpleasant?” “Young men are apt to fall victim to their own avarice,” and “People are insatiably curious.”
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⿱  今 now  貝 shellfish  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 貪 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 貪 is used 17 times, read 4 ways.
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ドン : 7 words FIND ALL
ど ん よ く 0
1. avarice; greed; covetousness
2. raga (desire)  (usu. とんよく; Buddhist term)
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タン : 3 words FIND ALL
た ん ら ん 0
covetousness; greed
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トン : 1 word FIND ALL
と ん じ ん ち 3
noun
the three kilesas that poison the heart of man (greed, hatred and delusion)  (see also: 煩悩, 三毒; from 貪欲, 瞋恚 and 愚痴; Buddhist term)
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むさぼる : 6 words FIND ALL
む さ ぼ る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to covet; to indulge in; to deeply desire; to lust insatiably for; to devour greedily  (often written with kana only)
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An additional one less common word includes 貪 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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貪
ドン   むさぼる to covet   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
㇇
katakana fu   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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