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

to be lacking

余缺

yú quē

surplus and shortfall

候缺

hòu quē

waiting for a vacancy

傻缺

shǎ quē

出缺

chū quē

to fall vacant

列缺

liè quē

lightning (archaic word)

匮缺

kuì quē

to be deficient in sth

圆缺

yuán quē

奇缺

qí quē

very short of (food, clean water etc)

或缺

huò quē

无缺

wú quē

whole

暂缺

zàn quē

currently in short supply

Characters that share the radical 缶.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.