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Kanji Detail for 虧 - "wane"

  • Meaning

    虧 means "wane."

    1. Wane - To decrease; to lack; to damage.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wane (moon)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lose, fail; damage; deficient

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly; luckily; fortunately; thanks to; (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient

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

    Deficient. Such as the waxing and waning of the moon. Also empty. Such as feeling guilty also being called 虧心 (guilty conscience). | All losses and depletion are called 虧. Such as 虧空 (deficit), 虧欠 (owe), 虧蝕 (loss).
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