欠

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

See images of
Radical 76 欠

欠 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓人 (NO), four-corner 2780₂, composition ⿱⺈人)

1. Kangxi radical #76, ⽋.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/欠
• 㐸, 吹, 坎, 𫰑, 𢁧, 弞, 𢓑, 忺, 扻, 㳄, 𤝆, 𬮼, 杴, 𣧋, 𣬴, 炊, 㸝, 𤘯, 𤜹, 㺵, 肷, 𥎯, 砍, 𮂸, 𪉁, 𥸷, 䊻, 缼, 𫆁, 𦥞, 𢆘, 㰷, 𮗦, 䚿, 赥, 赼, 𧿞, 軟(软), 𨠅, 𨱟, 𮮅, 欽(钦), 𣶙, 𩉢, 𩎗, 飲(飮, 饮), 𮩹, 䯉, 𩲟, 𨖯, 𣿁, 𩵢, 𫜌, 𪌒, 𨼤, 𠏩, 𠿖, 𪕆, 𡁍, 𪖗, 𢸈, 𮯀, 𬩠, 𦆃, 龡
• 𭤠, 𣪄, 𤝀, 芡, 䇜, 𢇣, 𤴼, 𮤉, 𣪳, 𭒖, 𤡻, 𭹒, 𤪵, 𬫘, 𭗊, 𮐁, 𬞢, 𥴋, 𭆇, 𠩼, 𭆣, 𭞗, 𣆾, 燞, 𤩤, 𨍁, 䪠, 𩐆, 𩞺, 𣣬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 565, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15991
• Dae Jaweon: page 953, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2133, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6B20

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 欠
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a kneeling person with mouth open.

The reversed version of this character is 㒫 > 旡 (e.g. 既), which must not be confused with 无.

Pronunciation

Definitions

欠

1. to lack; to be deficient
2. to owe
3. to ask for; to beg for

   欠揍  ―  qiànzòu  ―  asking for a beating

4. (Mandarin) to yawn
5. (Mandarin) to raise slightly (a part of the body)
6. (Mandarin, dialectal) to be fidgety and bungling
7. (Wuhan Mandarin) to miss somebody

Synonyms

• (to lack):

• (to owe):

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. yawn
2. lack

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: あくび (akubi, 欠)

Compounds

• 欠伸(あくび) (akubi, “yawn”)

Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 缺)

1. lack, shortage
2. to be absent
3. vacancy

Readings

• Kan’yō-on: けち (kechi); けつ (ketsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: かく (kaku, 欠く, Jōyō); かける (kakeru, 欠ける, Jōyō)

Usage notes

• In modern Japanese, 欠(けつ) (ketsu) is used to spell words that etymologically feature 缺(けつ) (ketsu), for example 欠(けっ)席(せき) (kesseki) < 缺(けっ)席(せき) (kesseki). The above mentioned kanji 欠(けん) (ken) is uncommon and its most notable usage is in the word 欠(けん)缺(けつ) (kenketsu), which features both kanji.

Compounds

Etymology

Korean

Hanja

欠 (eumhun 하품 흠 (hapum heum))

1. Hanja form^? of 흠 (“yawn”).

Compounds

• 흠결 (欠缺, heumgyeol, “deficiency, lack”)
• 흠신 (欠伸, heumsin, “yawn and stretch”)

Vietnamese

Han character

欠: Hán Nôm readings: khiếm

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.