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欠 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「欠」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
On
ケツけつ · ketsu
Kun
か(ける)・か(く)ka(keru) · ka(ku)
Meaning
to lack; be missing; vacancy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a person with a wide-open mouth (a yawn); later came to mean "to lack / be missing."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケツけつketsu欠乏けつぼう欠席けっせき補欠ほけつ
Kunかけるkakeru欠けるかける
Kunかくkaku欠くかく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 欠席けっせき

    absence

  • 欠点けってん

    weak point; fault

More words with this kanji

  • 欠席届けっせきとどけ
  • 欠乏けつぼう
  • 欠如けつじょ
  • 欠陥けっかん
  • 金甌無欠きんおうむけつ
  • 身欠き鰊みがきにしん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

かぜで学校(がっこう)を欠席(けっせき)した。

I was absent from school because of a cold.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

欠席欠点欠席seat点dot次next欣rejoic…欧Europe欷to sob欸an exc…結tie孒mosqui…孑alone夬to dec…穴hole
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 欠Map of reading ケツAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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