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Lack Yawn Defect Shortage Kanji Radical 欠 ケツ、ケン

Kanji
Onyomi ケツ、ケン
Kunyomi か.ける、か.く
English lack, gap, fail, yawn
Examples 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)
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 860
Components 欠: yawn, lack, yawn radical (no. 76)
Number of Strokes 4
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 121
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading ほとぎ・ほとぎへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword lack
Koohii Story 1 To me, this kanji looks like a person with two arms and two legs, but who lacks a head.
Koohii Story 2 When your body lacks oxygen you yawn.

Tags: grade4, jlpt.n3, kanjifreq751-1000

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