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deficiency 欠
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The radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open and stands for lack or deficiency. |
Used in these Kanji:
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歌
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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sing, song
uta, utau, KA Left: 2x possible 可 (A nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.), right: lack, deficiency 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
You can sing twice "ka", but there is still a deficiency in your singing.
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飲
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JLPT 5Joyo 3 |
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drink, swallow
nomu, IN Left: food/eat 食 (cover  on good 良 food), right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
If food is lacking, you should drink (instead).
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食
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次
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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next, following
tsugi, tsugu, JI, SHI Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
Ice is lacking, what comes next?
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欠
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冫
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欠
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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deficiency, lack
kaku, KETSU Top: gaping (yawning) mouth ⺈, below: the corresponding person 人
With this yawning mouth the person shows his: deficiencies.
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欠
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歓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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joy, delight, rejoice, jubilant
yorokobu, KAN Left: bird 隹 with comb  /一, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
A bird (i.e. in a cage) is lacking joy.
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隹
欠
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欲
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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desire, longing, want
hoshii, YOKU Left: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.), right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the wants and desires.
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谷
欠
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欧
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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Europe, EU-..
Ō Left: district/ward 区, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking sth.)
Consider the map: Europe 㐅 has a determining costal line 匚 in all directions, which however lacks 欠 in the east. This defines: Europe.
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区
欠
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款
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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goodwill, friendship, article of agreement
KAN Left: samurai 士, to show 示; right: lack 欠 (= The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
The samurai show his lack of goodwill to an agreement.
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士
礻
欠
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欺
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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cheat, fox, deceive
azamuku, GI Left: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing, by throwing up the grain rhythmically in certain periods {thus used in period 期} to separate the grain from the husk), right: lack/fault 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
A grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated!
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欠
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吹
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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blow, breathe out
fuku, SUI Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])
If out of the mouth a "nothing" is coming, then it is "blowing".
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口
欠
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炊
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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to cook, boil, kitchen work
taku, SUI Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open of the yawning ⺈ person 人 is lacking sth.) - 炊 飯 器 (すいはんき) means rice cooker.
(Think of the rice stove:) The fire is lacking and yet it cooks.
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火
欠
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軟
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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soft, elastic, tender, gentle, flexible
yawarakai, NAN Left: vehicle 車, right: lack 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [.. good manners])
(The first vehicles had no suspension) These vehicles lacked softness and elasticity.
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車
欠
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茨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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thorn, spine
ibara, Top: plant 艹, below: next 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?)
If a plant has those, I (or better the goats) go to the next: Those are the thorns.
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艹
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欠
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恣
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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arbitrarily, self-indulgent, selfish
SHI Top: next 次 (Ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) [to lack 欠 = The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking sth.], bottom: heart 心
If ice is lacking, your heart becomes arbitrary and selfish.
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心
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羨
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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envy, be jealous, covet
urayamu, urayamashii, SEN Top: var. of sheep 羊, below: water 氵, lacking 欠
If the sheep are lacking water, you are not envied.
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羊
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