缺 (quē)
to lack; to be short of; flaw
How 缺 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 缶 — jar
- Traditional
- 缺
- Simplified
- 缺 (unchanged)
Components
- 缶 jar
- 丨 line
- 人 human
Common words using 缺
- 缺乏 quēfá
- shortage; be lacking; to be short of
- 缺少 quēshǎo
- lack; shortage of; shortfall
- 缺點 quēdiǎn
- weak point; fault; shortcoming
- 不可或缺 bùkěhuòquē
- necessary; must have
- 欠缺 qiànquē
- lapse; deficiency
- 殘缺 cánquē
- badly damaged; shattered
- 缺口 quēkǒu
- nick; jag; gap
- 缺失 quēshī
- deficiency; shortcoming; hiatus
- 缺席 quēxí
- absence; absent
- 缺德 quēdé
- to be lacking in moral sense; to lack common basic respect for others; lacking in virtue
- 缺憾 quēhàn
- a regret; sth regrettable
- 缺氧 quēyǎng
- lacking oxygen; anaerobic
缺 in a sentence
我們現在還缺一個人手。
Wǒmen xiànzài hái quē yí ge rénshǒu.
“We are still short one person right now.”
How common is 缺?
缺 is the 873rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.9% of all running text.
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