缺 (quē) — Chinese Character

缺

quē

deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of

Radical: 缶 HSK 3 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

缺 decomposes into the following components:

缶夬

Semantic component: 缶; phonetic component: 夬.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 缺.

亏缺

kuī quē

余缺

yú quē

候缺

hòu quē

傻缺

shǎ quē

出缺

chū quē

列缺

liè quē

匮缺

kuì quē

圆缺

yuán quē

奇缺

qí quē

或缺

huò quē

无缺

wú quē

暂缺

zàn quē

Characters that share the radical 缶.

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