Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N3
860 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 4
Meaning: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Kunyomi: か.ける か.く
Onyomi: ケツ ケン
Radical: 欠
Reading: あくび
Meaning: lack, yawn
Strokes: 4
欠員(けついん) vacancy, vacant position
欠点(けってん) faults, defect, weakness
欠陥(けっかん) defect, fault, deficiency
出欠(しゅっけつ) presence or absence
補欠(ほけつ) substitute, spare, alternate
不可欠な(ふかけつな) indispensable, essential
欠席する(けっせきする) be absent, not attend
欠乏する(けつぼうする) be short of, lack, want
欠如する(けつじょする) be short of, lack, want
欠ける(かける) be lacking, be chipped [v.i.]
欠く(かく) be short of, lack, neglect [v.t.]
欠かせない(かかせない) indispensable
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
欠ける (かける) to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged, to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost, to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in), to wane (of the 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
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N3
860 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 4
Meaning: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Kunyomi: か.ける か.く
Onyomi: ケツ ケン
Radical: 欠
Reading: あくび
Meaning: lack, yawn
Strokes: 4
欠員(けついん) vacancy, vacant position
欠点(けってん) faults, defect, weakness
欠陥(けっかん) defect, fault, deficiency
出欠(しゅっけつ) presence or absence
補欠(ほけつ) substitute, spare, alternate
不可欠な(ふかけつな) indispensable, essential
欠席する(けっせきする) be absent, not attend
欠乏する(けつぼうする) be short of, lack, want
欠如する(けつじょする) be short of, lack, want
欠ける(かける) be lacking, be chipped [v.i.]
欠く(かく) be short of, lack, neglect [v.t.]
欠かせない(かかせない) indispensable
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
欠ける (かける) to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged, to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost, to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in), to wane (of the 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