JLPT N28画 · 8 strokesradical 欠
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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