欠
4 strokes
Jōyō kanji
Taught in grade 4
JLPT N2
Radical: 欠 — lack, yawn
Meanings
lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)Kun readings
か.ける か.くOn readings
ケツ ケンExample words
- か.ける
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かける欠けるto chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged
きめてにかける決め手に欠けるto be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
じょうしきにかける常識に欠けるto lack in common sense
- か.く
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かく欠くto chip; to nick; to break; to crack
きりかく切り欠くto cut (out); to notch
ぎりをかく義理を欠くto fail in one's social duties
ことかく事欠くto lack
ぶっかく打っ欠くto break into pieces; to chip off
- ケツ
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かんけつせん間欠泉geyser
けつじょ欠如lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
けつぼう欠乏deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
けつらく欠落lack; absence; omission
ふかけつ不可欠indispensable; essential
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きろくけんけつのしゅちょう記録欠缺の主張alleging diminution
けんけつ欠缺lacuna; gap where something is lacked
けんけつりさつ欠缺利札invalid coupon
けんしん欠伸yawning and stretching oneself
ほうのけんけつ法の欠缺gap in the law