缺
quē HSK3

be short of, lack

缺 quē
lack verb
to be short of or have a deficiency of something

我们现在正缺人手。

wǒ​men xiàn​zài zhèng quē rén​shǒu.

We are currently short-handed.

notch noun
a small break, gap, or notch on the edge of an object

这把碗的边缘有个小缺，很割手。

zhè bǎ wǎn de biān​yuán yǒu gè xiǎo quē, hěn gē shǒu.

The edge of this bowl has a small chip, and it can easily cut your hand.

vacancy verb
a vacant post or professional opening

公司目前有个出纳的缺。

gōng​sī mù​qián yǒu gè chū​nà de quē.

There is currently a vacancy for a cashier in the company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
875th most common 199.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,230th most common 68.0 per million appears in 33% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.2 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
68.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+7F3A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)