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欠 kanji
lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ケツケン
Kun readings
かけるかく
Variant forms
缺缼Words with 欠
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —欠損金deficit
- —出欠席attendance; presence and absence; attendance and non-attendance
- —完全無欠flawless; absolute perfection
- —補欠選挙special election; by-election; bye-election
- —欠食児童schoolchild without lunch
- —欠席裁判trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)
- —欠陥商品defective merchandise
- —欠を補うto bridge a gap; to supply a lack
- —格子欠陥lattice defect
- —困苦欠乏hardships and privations
- —金甌無欠flawless; perfect; (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces
- —永久欠番retired (uniform) number
- —喪中欠礼refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning
- —公認欠席authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
- —欠神発作absence seizure
- —酸素欠乏oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia
- —質量欠損mass defect
- —欠落検査completeness check
- —補欠選手spare player; substitute; sub; benchwarmer
- —無断欠席truancy; absence without leave