| 597 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 496 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 471 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 968 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2412 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 713 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 647 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 383 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 384 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 659 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1119 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2481 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1255 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1721 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 477 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15991 | Morohashi |
| 1987 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2928 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 466 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 505 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 442 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
860 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 欠 【ケツ】 lack, deficiency, vacancy, absence, non-attendance
- 欠員 【ケツイン】 vacancy, vacant position
- 補欠 【ホケツ】 filling a vacancy, supplementation, substitute, deputy, alternate, spare
- 出欠 【シュッケツ】 attendance or absence
- 欠缺 【ケンケツ】 lacuna, gap where something is lacked
- 欠缺利札 【ケンケツリサツ】 invalid coupon
- 阿毘羅吽欠 【アビラウンケン】 a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)
Kun reading compounds
- 欠ける 【かける】 to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged, to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost, to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in), to wane (of the moon), to go into eclipse
- 欠く 【かく】 to chip, to nick, to break, to crack, to lack
- 欠くことができない 【かくことができない】 indispensable, essential, necessary
Readings
- Korean:
- heum, gam, gyeol
Spanish
- falta
- carestía
- romperse
- agrietarse
- faltar
- carecer
Portuguese
- falta
- intervalo
- falha
French
- manquer
- lacune
- rater
- radical bâillement (no. 76)
| 2562 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4j0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 2780.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b20 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乏精子症 【ボウセイシショウ】 oligozoospermia, oligospermia
- 乏尿 【ボウニョウ】 oliguria
- 耐乏 【タイボウ】 austerity, voluntary privation
- 困苦窮乏 【コンクキュウボウ】 hardships and privations
Kun reading compounds
- 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
- 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
Readings
- Korean:
- pib
Spanish
- escaso
- limitado
- pobre
- insuficiente
Portuguese
- privação
- escasso
- limitado
French
- insuffisant
- limité
- indigent
| 1805 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1587 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 150 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 932 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1029 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 754 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 767 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 860 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 23 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2432 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1228 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1693 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1223 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 133 | Morohashi |
| 1933 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 46 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1215 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1300 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1017 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2070 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 2030.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e4f | Unicode hex code |
symptoms, illness
- On:
- ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 症 【ショウ】 illness, condition, -pathy
- 症候群 【ショウコウグン】 syndrome
- 自閉症 【ジヘイショウ】 autism
- 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela
Readings
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- síntoma
- señal
- enfermedad
Portuguese
- sintomas
- doença
French
- symptôme
- maladie
| 1397 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 955 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3039 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1563 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1545 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1318 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1400 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1363 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1350 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4065 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2062 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2794 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1701 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22140 | Morohashi |
| 3280 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3795 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1685 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1816 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1369 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 573 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5i5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 0011.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 75c7 | Unicode hex code |