欠 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
- On
- ケツ
- Kun
- か(ける)・か(く)
- Meaning
- to lack; be missing; vacancy
Origin
A pictograph of a person with a wide-open mouth (a yawn); later came to mean "to lack / be missing."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ケツ | 欠乏・欠席・補欠 |
|---|---|
| かける | 欠ける |
| かく | 欠く |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 欠席けっせき
absence
- 欠点けってん
weak point; fault
Example
かぜで学校を欠席した。
I was absent from school because of a cold.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)