Chinese Character 缺 Meanings and components.

Form

缺

Meaning

缺 meaning[3] in English

Deficiency.

Lack.

Scarce.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 缺 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are pottery (缶) , and decisive (夬)

Its radical[1] is: 缶 (fou3) which means: Pottery, .缶fou3pottery

In cangjie it is written with OUDK

How to write 缺

To write缺que1deficiency you should write a combination of 缶fou3pottery , 夬guai4decisive arranged in a 吅 shape:

缶 + 夬 = 缺

缺 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 缺 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 缺, looks as follow:

缺
Pinyin:que1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Deficiency . Lack . Scarce . Vacant Post . To Run Short Of
缶
Pinyin:fou3
Meaning[3]: Pottery
夬
Pinyin:guai4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Decisive
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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