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缺
quē
1. deficiency
2. lack
3. scarce
4. vacant post
5. to run short of
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

缺
quē
to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

候缺
hòuquē
waiting for a vacancy
出缺
chūquē
to fall vacant
列缺
lièquē
lightning (archaic word)
匮缺
kuìquē
to be deficient in sth
奇缺
qíquē
very short of (food, clean water etc)
暂缺
zànquē
currently in short supply
欠缺
qiànquē
lapse
残缺
cánquē
badly damaged
无缺
wúquē
whole
短缺
duǎnquē
shortage
破缺
pòquē
breaking
空缺
kòngquē
vacancy
缺乏
quēfá
to lack
HSK 5
缺口
quēkǒu
nick
HSK 6
缺嘴
quēzuǐ
harelip
缺失
quēshī
deficiency
缺少
quēshǎo
lack
HSK 4
缺席
quēxí
absence
HSK 6
缺德
quēdé
to be lacking in moral sense
缺憾
quēhàn
a regret

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
874
Word Frequency Rank
2,779 of 84,292