Chinese symbol for “deficiencies”

缺漏

quē lòu

to overlook; omissions; deficiencies

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deficiencies is 缺漏 (quē lòu), defined as: to overlook; omissions; deficiencies.

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Characters and stroke order

缺 quē

to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit

radical 121 ⽸ · 10 strokes

漏 lòu

to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel

radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 缺漏.

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
漏洞	lòu dòng	leak; hole
泄漏 (洩漏)	xiè lòu	(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)

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.