欠: Lack; Gap; FailKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ケツ・ケン)

• 欠陥けっかんdefect; fault
• 不可欠ふかけつindispensable; essential
• 欠席けっせきabsence; non-attendance
• 欠点けってんfault; defect
• 補欠ほけつfilling a vacancy; supplementation
• 欠如けつじょlack; absence
• 欠員けついんvacancy; vacant position
• 欠場けつじょうabsence; not taking part
• 欠けつlack; deficiency
• 欠損けっそんdeficit; shortage
• 出欠しゅっけつattendance or absence
• 欠乏けつぼうwant; shortage
• 欠勤けっきんabsence (from work)
• 欠航けっこうcancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)
• 欠落けつらくmissing; lacking
• ガス欠ガスけつrunning out of gasoline (petrol)
• データ欠損データけっそんdata unavailability; lack of data
• ビタミン欠乏症ビタミンけつぼうしょうvitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis
• 不可欠アミノ酸ふかけつアミノさんessential amino acid
• 公欠こうけつauthorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
• 公欠届けこうけつとどけabsence permission slip
• 公認欠席こうにんけっせきauthorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
• 公認欠席届けこうにんけっせきとどけabsence permission slip; authorized absence form
• 出欠を取るしゅっけつをとるto take a roll call; to take the register
• 喪中欠礼もちゅうけつれいrefraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning
• 困苦欠乏こんくけつぼうhardships and privations
• 完全無欠かんぜんむけつflawless; absolute perfection
• 帝欠ていけつimperial palace gate; imperial palace
• 必要不可欠ひつようふかけつabsolutely essential; indispensable
• 格子欠陥こうしけっかんlattice defect

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 欠かすかかすto miss (doing); to fail (to do)
• 欠くかくto chip; to nick
• 欠けるかけるto be chipped; to be damaged
• お欠きおかきmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
• ひと欠けらひとかけらfragment; piece
• 一欠けらひとかけらfragment; piece
• 事欠かないことかかないhaving plenty (of something); having all one needs
• 事欠くことかくto lack
• 切り欠ききりかきcutout; notch
• 合欠きあいがきhalving; scarfing
• 常識に欠けるじょうしきにかけるto lack in common sense
• 御欠きおかきmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
• 打ち欠くうちかくto break off; to knock off
• 打っ欠き氷ぶっかきごおりchipped ice; ice chips
• 打っ欠くぶっかくto break into pieces; to chip off
• 櫛の歯が欠けたようくしのはがかけたようmissing important things here and there; full of gaps
• 欠かさずかかさずwithout fail; diligently
• 欠かせないかかせないindispensable; vital
• 欠き氷かきごおりshaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice

Other readings

• 欠伸あくびyawn; yawning
• 欠片かけらfragment; broken piece
• ひと欠片ひとかけらfragment; piece
• 一欠片ひとかけらfragment; piece
• 兎欠いぐちharelip; cleft lip
• 公欠届こうけつとどけabsence permission slip
• 公認欠席届こうにんけっせきとどけabsence permission slip; authorized absence form
• 切欠くきりかくto (cut a) notch (in)
• 大欠伸おおあくびbig yawn
• 御欠おかきmochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
• 打欠くうちかくto break off; to knock off

Showing the 60 most common of 157 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 欠

• 席
• 陥
• 届
• 無
• 乏
• 勤
• 公
• 補
• 酸
• 注
• 意
• 間