| 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
1704 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 如月 【キサラギ】 second month of the lunar calendar
- 如雨露 【ジョウロ】 watering can, watering pot, sprinkling can
- 躍如 【ヤクジョ】 vivid, lifelike, graphic
- 鞠躬如 【キッキュウジョ】 deferential, humble, reverent, respectful
- 如 【ニョ】 tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
- 如実 【ニョジツ】 reality, actuality, actual conditions, true situation, faithful representation, vivid depiction, ultimate reality, absolute truth
- 一如 【イチニョ】 oneness
- 形影一如 【ケイエイイチニョ】 being inseparable as a form and its shadow, a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind, husband and wife being never apart
Kun reading compounds
- 如し 【ごとし】 like, as if, the same as
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ね、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- yeo
Spanish
- análogo
- parecido
- tal como
- igual a
- obedecer
Portuguese
- semelhança
- gostar
- tal como
- como se
- melhor
- igual
French
- ressemblance
- comme
- comme si
- mieux
- meilleur
- égal
- similaire
- paraître
| 1383 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1521 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1189 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1539 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1184 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 412 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1747 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1870 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1441 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 433 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 239 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 154 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 101 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6060 | Morohashi |
| 207 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1178 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 100 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 104 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 337 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1069 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1777 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4640.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5982 | Unicode hex code |