欠 — kanji meaning “lack”
欠
lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
- Meanings
- lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
- On'yomi
- ケツ (ketsu)、ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- か.ける、か.く
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #860 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 76
- Chinese reading
- qiàn — Chinese character page
Words with 欠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠陥 | けっかん kekkan | defect; fault; flaw |
| 不可欠 | ふかけつ fukaketsu | indispensable; essential |
| 欠点 | けってん ketten | fault; defect; flaw |
| 欠席 | けっせき kesseki | absence; non-attendance |
| 欠如 | けつじょ ketsujo | lack; absence; shortage |
| 補欠 | ほけつ hoketsu | filling a vacancy; supplementation |
| 欠乏 | けつぼう ketsubou | deficiency; insufficiency; shortage |
| 欠損 | けっそん kesson | deficit; shortage; loss |
| 欠場 | けつじょう ketsujou | absence; not taking part |
| 欠かす | かかす kakasu | to miss (doing); to fail (to do) |
| 欠員 | けついん ketsuin | vacant position; vacancy; opening |
| 欠落 | けつらく ketsuraku | lack; absence; omission |
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