Question

欠 か.ける、か.く 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) 4 欠: yawn, lack, yawn radical (no. 76) 缶 6 缺 lack When your body lacks oxygen you yawn.

Accepted Answer

ケツ、ケン lack, gap, fail, yawn 3 860 4 121 ほとぎ・ほとぎへん 形声 Phonetic To me, this kanji looks like a person with two arms and two legs, but who lacks a head. 505

Kanji	欠
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	缶
Radical Number	121
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	ほとぎ・ほとぎへん
Traditional Form	缺
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.
RTK Index (new)	505

Lack Yawn Defect Shortage Kanji Radical 欠 ケツ、ケン

Lack Yawn Defect Shortage Kanji Radical 欠ケツ、ケン