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Kanji Detail for 欠 - "lack, yawn, absence"

欠

  • Meaning

    欠 means "lack, yawn, absence."

    1. Lack - To be missing; to be deficient.

    2. Absence - Not being present.

    3. Yawn - To open the mouth wide.

  • Words using 欠

    • 欠陥 けっかん Listen defect; fault; flaw
    • 欠かす かかす Listen to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
    • 不可欠 ふかけつ Listen indispensable; essential
    • 欠席 けっせき Listen absence; non-attendance
    • 欠点 けってん Listen fault; defect; flaw
    • 欠如 けつじょ Listen lack; absence; shortage
    • 欠場 けつじょう Listen absence; not taking part
    • 欠損 けっそん Listen deficit; shortage; loss

  • Four-character idioms with 欠

    • 困苦欠乏 こんくけつぼう Listen hardships and privations
    • 完全無欠 かんぜんむけつ Listen flawless; absolute perfection
    • 欠席裁判 けっせきさいばん Listen trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)
    • 金甌無欠 きんおうむけつ Listen flawless; perfect; (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces

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    • Verified meaning: lack, yawn, absence
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 欠

    Surnames 欠(かき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    owe, lack, be deficient; Kangxi radical 76

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To open the mouth and exhale. As in yawning and stretching (欠伸). When energy is depleted, one yawns; when the body is tired, one stretches. | Insufficient. As in 欠缺 (lacking), 虧欠 (deficit). | Owing money to others is also called 欠. As in 欠帳 (debt), 倒欠 (bankruptcy debt).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ken(ケン) ケン

    ketsu(ケツ) ケツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.keru(か-ける) か-ける

    ka.ku(かく) かく

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    欠 (akubi・kakeru・kenzukuri)

  • Related Keywords

    lack absence yawn gap hole shortage deficiency vacancy defect insufficiency missing omission scarcity want

Sentences including 欠

  • You must account for your absence.

  • I can't account for his absence.

  • His absence was due to the storm.

  • There were quite a few students absent from class today.

  • Why were you absent yesterday?

  • Every man has his faults.

  • No students were absent.

  • Everyone has faults.

  • This desk has lost one of its legs.

  • Two students are absent today.

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