欠

Meaning

欠 centers on an absence or incomplete state: something is lacking, a gap exists, or an action falls short. The yawning radical sense is the same open-mouthed shape used as a component in other characters.

• 欠けるかける
  N3

  to chip; to be chipped; to break (off); to be damaged

• 欠点けってん
  N3

  fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback

• 欠陥けっかん
  N2

  defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage; gap

• 欠けつ

  lack; deficiency; vacancy

• 不可欠ふかけつ
  N2

  indispensable; essential

• 欠席けっせき
  N4

  absence; non-attendance

• 欠くかく
  N1

  to chip; to nick; to break; to crack

• 欠片かけら
  N1

  fragment; broken piece; chip; splinter; shard

• 欠如けつじょ
  N1

  lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

• 欠損けっそん

  deficit; shortage; loss

• 欠かすかかす
  N2

  to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

• 欠落けつらく

  lack; absence; omission

• 金欠きんけつ

  having no money; lack of money

• 欠場けつじょう

  absence; not taking part

• 欠勤けっきん

  absence (from work)

• 補欠ほけつ
  N1

  filling a vacancy; supplementation

• 欠乏けつぼう
  N1

  deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

• 欠伸あくび
  N3

  yawn; yawning

• 御欠おかき

  mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

• 欠員けついん

  vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position

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