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欠 means 'lack'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 76    Frequency: 1021   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-20    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 33    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 67 words   Used in 139 words   Used in 86 names   Component in 103 kanji (18 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ケツ
Kun
   かく to lack   かける to be lacking
Additional readings
On    ケン
Variants
⽋   缺  
Notes
See how yawning connects etymologically to kanji such as 次 (next) and 欠, and find out how 欧 (Europe) might convey something quite insulting.
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⿱  ⺈ (ク) corner  人 person  
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穴 hole  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 欠 is used 9 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 欠 is used 130 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ケツ : 52 words FIND ALL
ほ け つ 0
1. filling a vacancy; supplementation
2. substitute; deputy; alternate; spare
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ケツ (read as けっ) : 43 words FIND ALL
け っ せ き 0
absence; non-attendance
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ケン : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
lacuna; gap where something is lacked
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かく : 30 words FIND ALL
か け る 0
Most common form: かける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be chipped; to be damaged; to be broken
2. to be lacking; to be missing
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かく (read as が) : 1 word FIND ALL
あ い が き 0
halving; scarfing; halving joint
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An additional か.ける less common words include 欠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 496 (originally: 471)  Joy o' Kanji : 471  Key to Kanji: 261 

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欠
ケツ   かく to lack   かける to be lacking   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
⺈
corner
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