欠 — lack, gap, fail, yawn

Readings

On'yomi

ケツケン

Kun'yomi

か.けるか.く

Example words

• 欠陥けっかん(1) defect; fault; deficiency; deformity (2) shortage; gap
• 不可欠ふかけつindispensable; essential
• 欠席けっせきabsence; non-attendance
• 欠点けってんfaults; defect; weakness
• 欠乏けつぼうwant; shortage; famine
• 欠くかく(1) to chip; to nick; to break; to crack (2) to lack
• 欠けるかける(1) to be chipped; to be damaged; to be broken (2) to be lacking; to be missing (3) to be insufficient; to be short; to be deficient; to be negligent toward (4) (of the moon) to wane; to go into eclipse
• 欠伸あくび(1) yawn; yawning (and stretching) (2) kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)