Stroke order
Stroke order
欠 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠 +0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓人 (NO ), four-corner 27802 , composition ⿱⺈ 人 )
Kangxi radical #76, ⽋ .
Appendix:Chinese radical/欠
㐸 , 吹 , 坎 , 𫰑 , 𢁧 , 弞 , 𢓑 , 忺 , 扻 , 㳄 , 𤝆 , 𬮼 , 杴 , 𣧋 , 𣬴 , 炊 , 㸝 , 𤘯 , 𤜹 , 㺵 , 肷 , 𥎯 , 砍 , 𮂸 , 𪉁 , 𥸷 , 䊻 , 缼 , 𫆁 , 𦥞 , 𢆘 , 㰷 , 𮗦 , 䚿 , 赥 , 赼 , 𧿞 , 軟 (软 ), 𨠅 , 𨱟 , 𮮅 , 欽 (钦 ), 𣶙 , 𩉢 , 𩎗 , 飲 (飮 , 饮 ), 𮩹 , 䯉 , 𩲟 , 𨖯 , 𣿁 , 𩵢 , 𫜌 , 𪌒 , 𨼤 , 𠏩 , 𠿖 , 𪕆 , 𡁍 , 𪖗 , 𢸈 , 𮯀 , 𬩠 , 𦆃 , 龡
𭤠 , 𣪄 , 𤝀 , 芡 , 䇜 , 𢇣 , 𤴼 , 𮤉 , 𣪳 , 𭒖 , 𤡻 , 𭹒 , 𤪵 , 𬫘 , 𭗊 , 𮐁 , 𬞢 , 𥴋 , 𭆇 , 𠩼 , 𭆣 , 𭞗 , 𣆾 , 燞 , 𤩤 , 𨍁 , 䪠 , 𩐆 , 𩞺 , 𣣬
Kangxi Dictionary: page 565 , character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15991
Dae Jaweon: page 953, character 35
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2133, character 1
Unihan data for U+6B20
Old Chinese
坎
*kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms
扻
*kʰoːmʔ
砍
*kʰoːmʔ
芡
*ɡromʔ
欠
*kʰoms
杴
*qʰom
鍁
*qʰam
Pictogram (象形 ) – a kneeling person with mouth open.
The reversed version of this character is 㒫 > 旡 (e.g. 既), which must not be confused with 无.
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : qiàn (qian4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄑㄧㄢˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : qian4
(Xi'an , Guanzhong Pinyin ) : qiān
(Nanjing , Nanjing Pinyin ) : qiēn
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : чян (či͡an, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : him3
(Dongguan , Jyutping++ ) : hin3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : him1
(Yangjiang , Jyutping++ ) : him3
Gan (Wiktionary ) : qien3
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : khiam
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : kiam4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : qie3
Northern Min (KCR ) : ki̿ng
Eastern Min (BUC ) : kiéng
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : khiàm
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : kiam3 / kiêm3 / kiang3
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : kiam3
Southern Pinghua (Nanning , Jyutping++ ) : him3
Wu (Wugniu )
Xiang
(Changsha , Wiktionary ) : qienn4
(Loudi , Wiktionary ) : qinn4
(Hengyang , Wiktionary ) : qien4
Note :
kiam3 - Shantou, Chaoyang, Jieyang, Raoping;
kiêm3 - Chaozhou;
kiang3 - Chenghai.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
欠
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
qiàn
Middle Chinese
‹ khjomH ›
Old Chinese
/*[k]ʰ(r)om-s/
English
yawn
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
欠
Reading #
1/1
No.
10274
Phonetic component
欠
Rime group
談
Rime subdivision
3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese
/*kʰoms/
Notes
原 列 梵 韻 依 王 韻 改 釅
欠
to lack ; to be deficient
to owe
to ask for ; to beg for
欠 揍 ― qiàn zòu ― asking for a beating
( Mandarin ) to yawn
( Mandarin ) to raise slightly ( a part of the body )
( Mandarin , dialectal ) to be fidgety and bungling
( Wuhan Mandarin ) to miss somebody
不夠 / 不够 ( bùgòu ) 不敷 ( bùfū ) ( literary ) 不滿 / 不满 ( bùmǎn ) 不足 ( bùzú ) 乏達 / 乏达 ( Quanzhou Hokkien ) 匱乏 / 匮乏 ( kuìfá ) 欠缺 ( qiànquē ) 短少 ( duǎnshǎo ) 短缺 ( duǎnquē ) 絕乏 / 绝乏 ( juéfá ) ( literary ) 缺乏 ( quēfá ) 缺如 ( quērú ) ( literary ) 缺少 ( quēshǎo ) 缺欠 ( quēqiàn ) 缺缺 ( Xiamen Hokkien ) 虧 / 亏 ( kuī ) 貧 / 贫 ( pín ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 闕乏 / 阙乏 ( quēfá ) ( literary ) 闕如 / 阙如 ( quērú ) ( literary )
Dialectal synonyms of
欠 (“to owe”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
欠
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
該 , 欠
Taiwan
欠
Harbin
欠 , 該
Malaysia
欠
Singapore
欠
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
該 , 欠 , 短
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
欠 , 該
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
欠 , 該 , 爭
Xi'an
爭 , 該
Xining
欠 , 該
Xuzhou
少 , 該
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
欠 , 該
Ürümqi
欠 , 該 , 短
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
爭 , 該 , 欠
Wuhan
該 , 差
Guiyang
爭 , 該 , 欠
Guilin
欠
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
空 , 該 , 欠
Yangzhou
差 , 該 , 空
Hefei
該 , 差
Cantonese
Guangzhou
爭 , 欠
Hong Kong
爭 , 欠
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
爭
Macau
爭
Guangzhou (Panyu)
爭
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
爭
Guangzhou (Conghua)
爭
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
爭
Foshan
爭
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
爭
Foshan (Shunde)
爭
Foshan (Sanshui)
爭
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
欠
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
爭
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
爭
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
欠
Zhuhai (Doumen)
爭
Jiangmen (Baisha)
爭
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
爭
Taishan
爭
Kaiping (Chikan)
爭
Enping (Niujiang)
爭
Heshan (Yayao)
爭
Dongguan
爭
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
爭
Yangjiang
欠 , 爭
Nanning
爭
Yulin
爭
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
爭
Gan
Nanchang
該
Lichuan
欠 , 該
Pingxiang
差 , 少
Hakka
Meixian
欠 , 爭
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
少
Huiyang
少 , 爭
Dongguan (Qingxi)
爭
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
爭
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
差
Heyuan (Bendihua)
欠
Liannan
欠
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
欠 , 爭
Jiexi
欠
Changting
欠
Wuping
少
Ninghua
欠
Yudu
欠
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
欠
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
欠
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
欠
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
欠
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
欠
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
欠
Hong Kong
爭
Huizhou
Jixi
欠
Jin
Taiyuan
該 , 短
Xinzhou
該 , 短
Northern Min
Jian'ou
欠
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
欠
Southern Min
Xiamen
欠
Quanzhou
欠
Zhangzhou
欠
Taipei
欠 GT
Singapore (Hokkien)
欠
Manila (Hokkien)
欠
Chaozhou
欠
Shantou
欠
Singapore (Teochew)
欠
Leizhou
欠 , 該
Haikou
欠
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
欠
Wu
Shanghai (Chongming)
欠 , 該
Suzhou
欠
Danyang
欠
Hangzhou
欠
Wenzhou
欠 , 爭
Jinhua
欠
Xiang
Changsha
該 , 欠
Loudi
欠
Shuangfeng
欠 , 該
Note
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
欠
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji )
yawn
lack
欠
(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji , shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 缺 )
lack, shortage
to be absent
vacancy
In modern Japanese, 欠( けつ ) ( ketsu ) is used to spell words that etymologically feature 缺( けつ ) ( ketsu ) , for example 欠( けっ ) 席( せき ) ( kesseki ) < 缺( けっ ) 席( せき ) ( kesseki ) . The above mentioned kanji 欠( けん ) ( ken ) is uncommon and its most notable usage is in the word 欠( けん ) 缺( けつ ) ( kenketsu ) , which features both kanji.
For pronunciation and definitions of 欠 – see the following entry.
(This term, 欠 , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
欠 (eumhun 하품 흠 ( hapum heum ) )
hanja form? of 흠 ( “ yawn ” )
欠 : Hán Nôm readings: khiếm
chữ Hán form of khiếm ( “ lacking ” ) .