Chinese symbol for “scarce”
稀缺
xī quē
scarce; scarcity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scarce is 稀缺 (xī quē), defined as: scarce; scarcity.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “scarce”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧张 (緊張) | jǐn zhāng | nervous; keyed up |
| 缺 | quē | deficiency; lack |
| 荒 | huāng | desolate; shortage |
| 紧缺 (緊缺) | jǐn quē | in short supply; scarce |
| 空匮 (空匱) | kòng kuì | scarce; poor |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 稀缺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稀有 | xī yǒu | uncommon; rare |
| 稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse; rare |
| 稀释 (稀釋) | xī shì | to dilute |
| 稀奇 | xī qí | rare; strange |
| 稀土 | xī tǔ | rare earth (chemistry) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scarce”.
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.