A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 4 strokes

Lack ; Gap ; Fail ; Yawning Radical (no. 76)

Readings on: ケツ・ケン
Kun readings: か.ける・か.く

欠席けっせき — absence

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 欠席けっせき — absence Word card → Source
• 欠陥けっかん — defect; weak point Word card → Source
• 欠点けってん — defects; weaknesses; weak points Word card → Source
• 欠伸あくび — yawning Source
• 欠乏けつぼう — famine; lack of Source
• 欠如けつじょ — lack; deprivation Source