HanziCraft - Information on 欠,缺

欠
缺

欠

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欠 is the 1945th most frequent character.
欠 has 1 dictionary entry.
欠 appears as a character in 18 words.
欠 appears as a component in 82 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

欠 => ⺈, 人

Radical :

欠 => 欠 (yawn)

Graphical :

欠 => ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

qian4 - deficient/to owe/to lack/yawn

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

欠费 (欠費)

亏欠 (虧欠)

缺

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缺 is the 873rd most frequent character.
缺 has 1 dictionary entry.
缺 appears as a character in 39 words.
缺 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

缺 => 缶, 夬

Radical :

缺 => 缶 (jar), No glyph available, 丨 (line), 人 (human)

Graphical :

缺 => 一, 一, 丨, ㇒, 丨, 凵, 匚, 丨, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

que1 - deficiency/lack/scarce/vacant post/to run short of

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

缺点 (缺點)

Medium Frequency

残缺 (殘缺)

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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