• 1945th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 82 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiàn (qian4)deficient • to owe • to lack • yawn

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for qiàn (qian4)The component is pronounced as 'qiàn' (qian4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

欠费 (欠費)

Uncommon

哈欠 
拖欠 
欠佳 
欠债 (欠債)
欠扁 
欠揍 
欠缺 
欠薪 
亏欠 (虧欠)

RareShow 15

#Back to top
  • 873rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 70 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
jarNo glyph availablelinehuman
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. quē (que1)deficiency • lack • scarce • vacant post • to run short of

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

缺乏 
缺少 
缺点 (缺點)

Uncommon

不可或缺 
欠缺 
残缺 (殘缺)
缺口 
缺失 
缺席 
缺德 
缺憾 
缺氧 
缺货 (缺貨)
缺陷 

RareShow 56

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.