缺

缺 (Kangxi radical 121, 缶+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人山木大 (OUDK), four-corner 8573₀, composition ⿰缶夬)

• 蒛, 𠺋, 𧎯, 𨶏(𨸊), 𮉻

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 945, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28122
• Dae Jaweon: page 1385, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2936, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7F3A

Historical forms of the character 缺
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd) : semantic 缶 (“earthen pot”) + phonetic 夬 (OC *kʷraːds).

缺

1. incomplete; uncompleted; deficient
2. imperfect; flawed
3. to lack; to be short of
4. to be absent
5. vacancy; gap; deficit
6. (colloquial) to be mean; to be wicked
7. (colloquial) to be stupid; to be dense
8. (Hokkien) chipped part; broken edge (on a bowl, cup, etc.)
9. (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for chipped parts on the edge of a container.

• (incomplete):

• (vacancy): 空額／空额 (kòng'é)

• (antonym(s) of “imperfect”):

• “缺”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 欠)

1. lack
2. gap
3. fail

• Go-on: けち (kechi)^{←くゑち (kweti, historical)}
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)^{←くゑつ (kwetu, historical)}
• Kun: かく (kaku, 缺く)、かける (kakeru, 缺ける)

In modern Japanese, 缺 is mostly replaced by 欠, due to the deprecation of non-tōyō kanji caused by the Japanese script reform.

缺 (eumhun 이지러질 결 (ijireojil gyeol))

1. hanja form^? of 결 (“be short of, lack”)
2. hanja form^? of 결 (“gap, deficit”)

• 결석 (缺席, gyeolseok, “absence”)
• 흠결 (欠缺, heumgyeol, “shortcoming; lack”)
• 결핍 (缺乏, gyeolpip, “lack”)

缺: Hán Nôm readings: khuyết

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