欠缺

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Chinese

deficient; owe; to lack
deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
 
lack; scarce; vacant post
lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
 
trad. (欠缺) 欠 缺
simp. #(欠缺) 欠 缺
anagram 缺欠

Pronunciation

Note: khiàm-khoat - literary.
Rime
Character 欠 缺 缺
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 嚴 (145) 屑 (88) 薛 (82)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division (等) III IV III
Fanqie 去劔切 苦穴切 傾雪切
Baxter khjaemH khwet khjwiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɨɐmH/ /kʰwet̚/ /kʰiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰiɐmH/ /kʰʷet̚/ /kʰʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰiɐmH/ /kʰuɛt̚/ /kʰjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰɨamH/ /kʰwɛt̚/ /kʰwiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/kʰiɐmH/ /kʰuet̚/ /kʰiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/kʰĭɐmH/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰi̯ɐmH/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiàn que que
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		him3 hyut3 hyut3

Noun

欠缺

  1. shortcoming; deficiency

Synonyms

Verb

欠缺

  1. (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to lack; to be deficient in; to be short of
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to need something due to deficiency
  3. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to not lack; to not be deficient in; to not be short of

Synonyms

  • (to lack):
  • (to not lack): (Hokkien) 少缺

Japanese

Kanji in this term
欠 缺
けん
Grade: 4 		けつ
Hyōgai
kan'on
 欠缺 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 欠缺 (MC khjaemH khwet).

Pronunciation

Noun

欠(けん)缺(けつ) • (kenketsu) ←けんけつ (kenketu)?

  1. (law) lack
    意(い)思(し)の欠(けん)缺(けつ)
    ishi no kenketsu
    lack of intent

Usage notes

The term would be *欠(けん)欠(けつ) if written in shinjitai, and as such, the kyūjitai form is preserved to avoid ambiguities.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
欠缺

Noun

欠缺 • (heumgyeol) (hangeul 흠결)

  1. hanja form? of 흠결 (“shortage; deficiency; deficit”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
欠缺

Noun

欠缺

  1. chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (“shortcoming; defect”).

Adjective

欠缺

  1. chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (“deficient; lacking”).
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