The Chinese Radical: 欠


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Meaning
lack, yawn    欠

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
joyous, happy, pleased
huān
Left: once again (image of a hand), right: deficient/lack (A yawning person is lacking sth. [namely good manners])
Even though a hand is lacking, I stay happy.
JLPT HSK 2
next in sequence, the second (day, time etc)

Left: ice , right: lacking (showing a person yawning with mouth wide open, "lacking" good manners)
Ice is lacking, what comes next?
JLPT HSK 2
song, to sing

Left: elder brother 哥 (2x possible - [The nail into the opening should be possible.]), right: lack/deficiency (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
There is a double possibility that there is a deficency in your: singing.
JLPT HSK 3
to drink
yǐn
Left: food 饣/ (Below the cover is good food.), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
If food is lacking, you (instead) have to drink.
JLPT HSK 4
paragraph, section, funds, Model A,B,C
kuǎn
Left: scholar , to show ; right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
The scholar shows a lack (of familiarity) with this paragraph.
JLPT HSK 4
deficient, to regret, apologize
qiàn
Left: combined, twice (A hand /ヨ holds two rice plants combined.), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
Having a double lack, means deficiency and regrets.
JLPT HSK 4
cough
sòu
Left: mouth , right: (bundle [a mouth behind a tree], lack [A yawning person is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning person: that is cough.
JLPT HSK 5
to blow, puff, boast, brag
chuī
Left: mouth , right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth., namely good manners)
If the 'out-of-the-mouth" is lacking sth, it is just blowing.
JLPT HSK 5
happy, delighted, gladly
xīn
Left: axe , right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
(no need to work) If the axe is lacking, we are happy.
JLPT HSK 5
to rest, stop, lodge
xiē
Left: interrogation (= The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
An interrogation has a lack of any rest.
JLPT HSK 5
flexible (not hard), soft, weak
ruǎn
Left: vehicle /車 (= carriage mit with axle , load area , 2 wheels ), right: lack .(A yawning person is lacking sth.)
A vehicle is lacking, we need to be flexible.
JLPT HSK 5
to lack, deficient, to owe, yawn
qiàn
Top: gaping/yawning mouth , below: corresponding person
A person with yawning mouth shows a lack.
JLPT HSK 5
to chop, to cut down, to throw sth at sb
kǎn
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth)
If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.
JLPT HSK 5
Europe, EU-
ōu
Left: district/region , right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
Consider the map: Europe has a determining costal line in all directions, which however lacks in the east. This defines: Europe.
JLPT HSK 6
royal, imperial, to respect, to admire
qīn
Left: gold, metal 钅/, right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
Gold is lacking [in the sense of: "He takes our money"], but we respect the emperor.
JLPT HSK 6
to lift (a lid), to rock, to convulse
xiān
Left: to break (The hand with an axe breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.
JLPT HSK 6
greed, to desire, passion, lust

Left: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the greed and desires.
JLPT HSK 6
to cheat, take unfair advantage of, to deceive

Left: grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk.), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
The grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated.
JLPT HSK 6
to inlay, to embed, nesting, tesselation
qiàn
Top: mountain (here: mountain-like = an up-and-down profile/relief), bottom: sweet (mouth 廿 with sth. sweet ), lack (A yawning person is lacking sth)
In an up-down profile or an empty open mouth you can (where it is lacking) put in: an inlay or tesselation
JLPT HSK 6
to cook food, to steam
chuī
Left: fire , right: lack (top: open mouth/yawning, below: person )
If fire is lacking you can't cook.
JLPT no HSK
lose consciousness, to faint, his, her, their
jué
Outside: cliff , rest: 欮 (disobedient [(A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack )
In particular at a cliff it is a "disobedient lack", when losing consciousness.
JLPT no HSK
bumpy, hole, pit, threshold, snare
kǎn
Left: earth , right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
If earth is lacking, it becomes: bumpy.
JLPT no HSK
to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
shù
Left: water , right: (bundle , deficient/lack [A yawning person is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.
JLPT no HSK
fault, deficiency, mistake
quē, què
Outside: gate / 門, inside: disobedient (A plant's shoot that grows crooked has a lack and is disobediant.)
(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.
JLPT no HSK
(particle of doubt or surprise, similar to 吗 or 呢)

Left: and/with (the number 5 and one is an "and"-connection), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
And when having a lack? - Then I ask!
JLPT no HSK
unruly, rampant, rude
jué
Left: wild animal , right: 厥 (cliff , disobedient [A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack )
The animal that has been pushed to the cliff because of a disobedient lack is unruly.
JLPT no HSK
very slight sound, rustling (onom.), tears streaming down

Top: bamboo , bottom: (bundle , to lack )
The bamboo is bundled with gaps (= lacks) in between, which causes slight rustling sounds.

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