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Kanji Grade 4 - 欠

Kanji character Grade 4 欠. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 4 - 欠
About
lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Kun: か.ける、 か.く
On: ケツ、 ケン
4 strokes
Radical: lack, yawn 欠
Parts: 人 勹 欠
 
Onyomi
欠 【ケツ】 lack, deficiency, vacancy, absence, non-attendance
欠員 【ケツイン】 vacancy, vacant position
補欠 【ホケツ】 filling a vacancy, supplementation, substitute, deputy, alternate, spare
出欠 【シュッケツ】 attendance or absence
欠伸 【アクビ】 yawn, yawning, kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
欠缺 【ケンケツ】 lacuna, gap where something is lacked
 
Kunyomi
欠ける 【かける】 to be chipped, to be damaged, to be broken, to be lacking, to be missing, to be insufficient, to be short, to be deficient, to be negligent toward, to wane (e.g. moon), to go into eclipse
欠く 【かく】 to chip, to nick, to break, to crack, to lack
欠くことができない 【かくことができない】 indispensable, essential, necessary