The Chinese Radical: 欠




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Meaning
lack, yawn    欠

Explanation Like a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).

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

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

Left: elder brother 哥 (2x possible 可 - [The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]), right: lack/deficiency 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
There is a double possibility that there is a deficiency in your: singing.  
HSK 3
to drink
yǐn
Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
If food is lacking, you (instead) have to drink.  
HSK 4
paragraph, section, funds, Model A,B,C
kuǎn
Left: scholar 士, to show 示; right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
The scholar shows a lack (of familiarity) with this paragraph.  
HSK 4
deficient, to regret, apologize
qiàn
Left: combined, twice 兼 (A hand /ヨ holds two rice plants 禾 combined.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
Having a double lack, means deficiency and regrets.  
HSK 4
cough
sòu
Left: mouth 口, right: 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.  
HSK 5
to blow, puff, boast, brag
chuī
Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth., namely good manners)
If the 'out-of-the-mouth" is lacking sth, it is just blowing.  
HSK 5
happy, delighted, gladly
xīn
Left: axe 斤, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
(no need to work) If the axe is lacking, we are happy.  
HSK 5
to rest, stop, lodge
xiē
Left: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
An interrogation has a lack of any rest.  
HSK 5
flexible (not hard), soft, weak
ruǎn
Left: vehicle 车/車 (= carriage with axle 丨, load area 日, 2 wheels 二), right: lack 欠.(A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
A vehicle is lacking, we need to be flexible.  
HSK 5
to lack, deficient, to owe, yawn
qiàn
Top: gaping/yawning mouth , below: corresponding person 人
A person with yawning mouth shows a lack.  
HSK 5
to chop, to cut down, to throw sth at sb
kǎn
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth)
If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.  
HSK 5
Europe, EU-
ōu
Left: district/region 区, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
Consider the map: Europe 㐅 has a determining coastline 匚 in all directions, which however lacks 欠 in the east. This defines: Europe.  
HSK 6
royal, imperial, to respect, to admire
qīn
Left: gold, metal 钅/金, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
Gold is lacking [in the sense of: "He takes our money"], but we respect the emperor.  
HSK 6
to lift (a lid), to rock, to convulse
xiān
Left: to break 折 (The hand 扌with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.  
HSK 6
greed, to desire, passion, lust

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

Left: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing), used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
The grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated.  
HSK 6
to inlay, to embed, nesting, tesselation
qiàn
Top: mountain 山 (here: mountain-like = an up-and-down profile/relief), bottom: sweet 甘 (mouth 廿 with sth. sweet 一 ), lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 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.  
HSK 6
to cook food, to steam
chuī
Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (top: open mouth/yawning, below: person 人)
If fire is lacking you can't cook.  
no HSK
lose consciousness, to faint, his, her, their
jué
Outside: cliff 厂, rest: 欮 (disobedient 屰 [(A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack 欠)
In particular at a cliff it is a "disobedient lack", when losing consciousness.  
no HSK
bumpy, hole, pit, threshold, snare
kǎn
Left: earth 土, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
If earth is lacking, it becomes: bumpy.  
no HSK
to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
shù
Left: water 氵, right: 欶 (bundle 束, deficient/lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.  
no HSK
fault, deficiency, mistake
quē, què
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: disobedient 屰 (A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked has a lack 欠 and is disobedient.)
(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.  
no HSK
(particle of doubt or surprise, similar to 吗 or 呢)

Left: and/with 与 (the number 5 and one 一 is an "and"-connection), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
And when having a lack? - Then I ask!  
no HSK
unruly, rampant, rude
jué
Left: wild animal 犭, right: 厥 (cliff 厂, disobedient 屰 [A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack 欠)
The animal that has been pushed to the cliff because of a disobedient lack is unruly.  
no HSK
very slight sound, rustling (onom.), tears streaming down

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

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