Today’s #kanji is #欲, which is made of its semantic element of #けんづくり（欠, an open mouth) and phonetic element of 谷 (here, the meaning is “food,” not “valley”), although 欲 and 谷 don’t share a sound in the modern Japanese.
Meaning: desire
Reading: ヨク（ヨッ）、ほっ、ほ
欲（ヨク）: [noun] a desire, a wish, greed, drive
欲求（ヨッキュウ）: [noun] want(s), desire, craving, an urge
欲望（ヨクボウ）: [noun] a desire, an appetite, a craving, an ambition
意欲（イヨク）: [noun] an interest, a desire, an inclination, a will
禁欲（キンヨク）[noun] control of instinctive desires, self-denial, celibacy
食欲（ショクヨク）: [noun] appetite (for food)
性欲（セイヨク）: [noun] sexual desire
貪欲（ドンヨク）（な）: [na-adj] greedy, zealous
（～を）欲（ほっ）する: [vt] to want, to wish
（～が）欲（ほ）しい: [i-adj] to want, to desire, to wish
