欠

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/欠

Glyph origin
– a kneeling person with mouth open.

The reversed version of this character is 㒫 > (e.g. 既), which must not be confused with 无.

Definitions

 * 1) to lack; to be deficient
 * 2) to owe
 * 3) to ask for; to beg for
 * 4)  to yawn
 * 5)  to raise slightly
 * 6)  to be fidgety and bungling
 * 7)  to miss somebody
 * 1)  to miss somebody

Synonyms




Kanji

 * 1) yawn
 * 2) lack

Kanji

 * 1) lack, shortage
 * 2) to be absent
 * 3) vacancy

Usage notes

 * In modern Japanese, is used to spell words that etymologically feature, for example  < . The above mentioned kanji  is uncommon and its most notable usage is in the word , which features both kanji.