欠 Kanji for lack

N3–N2Grade 44 strokes

lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

Kun: か.ける、か.く
On: ケツ、ケン

欠 is the Japanese kanji for lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76). It is written with 4 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is か.ける、か.く and its on reading is ケツ、ケン.

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Words with 欠

欠けつlack, deficiency, vacancy
欠かかすto miss (doing), to fail (to do)
欠かくto chip, to nick, to break
欠かけるto chip, to be chipped, to break (off)
欠けっ陥かんdefect, fault, flaw
欠けっ席せきabsence, non-attendance

Practice 欠 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.