Chinese symbol for “defective”
缺损
quē sǔn
Traditional: 缺損
defective; defect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for defective is 缺损 (quē sǔn), defined as: defective; defect.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “defective”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不良 | bù liáng | bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty |
| 残次 (殘次) | cán cì | defective; inferior in quality |
| 次品 | cì pǐn | substandard products; defective |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缺损.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack; to be short of |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack; shortage of |
| 缺点 (缺點) | quē diǎn | weak point; fault |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect; flaw |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 缺席 | quē xí | to be absent |
| 损失 (損失) | sǔn shī | loss; damage |
| 损害 (損害) | sǔn hài | harm; to damage |
See also: Japanese symbol for “defective”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.