Memory phrase for the character: 欠

欠

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Top: gaping/yawning mouth

, below: corresponding person 人

A person with yawning mouth shows a lack.

欠	lack, yawn
	lying person	This radical can be seen as a person 人 who has the right leg horizontal 一. He is thus lying. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

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呵欠	hē qiàn	to yawn
欠款	qiàn kuǎn	to owe a debt; balance due; debts
拖欠	tuō qiàn	in arrears; behind in payments; to default on one's debts
欠缺	qiàn quē	lapse; deficiency
欠揍	qiàn zòu	to need a spanking
欠揍	qiàn zòu

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