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JLPT N28画 · 8 strokesradical

lack, fail, gap, break

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケツ
  • ケン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • かける
  • かく

Meanings across languages

English
lack, fail, gap, break
Tiếng Việt
thiếu, khuyết, mất, khoảng trống
日本語
欠ける, 欠く, 不足, 欠点

Common compounds

  • 欠席けっせきabsence
  • 欠点けってんfault, defect
  • 不足ふそくinsufficiency, lack
  • 欠かせないかかせないindispensable, essential

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