欠 — Chinese character
欠
qiàn
to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn
- Pinyin
- qiàn
- Radical
- 76 ⽋ (Lack)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 人
- Formation
- ideographic — A man 人 yawning ⺈
- Japanese
- 欠 as a kanji
Common words with 欠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠缺 | qiàn quē | to be deficient in; lapse |
| 拖欠 | tuō qiàn | in arrears; behind in payments |
| 亏欠 (虧欠) | kuī qiàn | to have a deficit; to be in the red; to owe |
| 欠佳 | qiàn jiā | suboptimal; subpar |
| 欠债 (欠債) | qiàn zhài | to owe a debt; the sum owed |
| 欠款 | qiàn kuǎn | to owe a debt; balance due |
| 欠薪 | qiàn xīn | to owe wages; back pay |
| 欠揍 | qiàn zòu | to need a spanking |
| 欠费 (欠費) | qiàn fèi | to be in arrears; to be out of credit |
| 欠条 (欠條) | qiàn tiáo | IOU; certificate of indebtedness |
| 哈欠 | hā qian | yawn |
| 欠账 (欠賬) | qiàn zhàng | to owe a debt; debt |
English words written with 欠
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.