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欠

lack
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingケツ、ケン
Kun readingか.ける、か.く
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. lackRtK
    職務に関して怠慢が甚だしく、常識に欠ける面があったらしい。It is said that he was very sloppy with work and lacking in common sense.wiki
    29段以降を欠く、室町後期の写本。A manuscript in the late Muromachi Period that lacks Section 29 and following partswiki
  2. fail
  3. gap
  4. yawning radical (no. 76)
  1. to chip
  2. to nick
  3. to break
  4. to crack
  5. to lack

Popular Usage

欠陥欠席欠点欠ける欠く欠乏

Radicals and components

Radical欠lack

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

yawn

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 505

Compound words

欠陥けっかん
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency
欠席けっせき
absence; non-attendance
欠点けってん
fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness
欠けるかける
to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.)
欠くかく
to chip; to nick; to break; to crack; to lack
欠乏けつぼう
deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want
欠員けついん
vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position
欠伸あくび
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
欠損けっそん
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing
欠如けつじょ
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
欠片かけら
fragment; broken piece; chip; splinter; shard
出欠しゅっけつ
attendance or absence
補欠ほけつ
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
欠場けつじょう
absence; not taking part
欠かすかかす
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
不可欠ふかけつ
indispensable; essential
間欠かんけつ
intermittence
金欠きんけつ
having no money
欠けかけ
fragment
欠勤けっきん
absence (from work)
欠航けっこう
cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)
欠除けつじょ
removal
欠唇いぐち
harelip
欠掖けってき
unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing

Additional Examples

彼は病気のため欠席した。
He was absent owing to illness.tatoeba
彼は病気のため学校を欠席した。
On account of illness he absented himself from school.tatoeba
彼は病気のために欠席した。
He was absent because of illness.tatoeba
彼は病気で学校を欠席した。
He was absent from school on account of illness.tatoeba
粗暴で教養に欠ける。
He is rough and uncultured.wiki
欠点の露呈と終焉
Defects exposure and the endwiki
ソメイヨシノには大きな欠点がある。
Someiyoshino has a major fault.wiki
日記・回想章段を欠く。
The book is missing chapters on diary and reminiscence.wiki
生卵の大量摂取でビオチン欠乏症を引き起こす可能性がある。
Eating a large amount of raw eggs may cause biotin deficiency.wiki
孤立状態の蝦夷地には物資欠乏のおそれがあり、前途は困難であった。
Therefore, isolated Ezo was threatened to fall in the shortage of goods and had a lot of troubles.wiki

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

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