Read Edit View history Discussion 欠 qiàn HSK5 yawn, deficient Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person (人) with their mouth open. The meaning later shifted to "yawn" and "deficient". Pinyin Separate values with commas qiàn ×qian × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an open mouth. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 欠 Simp strokes 欠 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 欠 Simp strokes 欠 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 欠 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 409, 812 ], [ 445, 767 ], [ 398, 631 ], [ 351, 545 ], [ 316, 495 ], [ 273, 445 ], [ 215, 393 ] ], [ [ 384, 544 ], [ 643, 611 ], [ 683, 618 ], [ 724, 612 ], [ 750, 587 ], [ 716, 534 ], [ 659, 464 ] ], [ [ 466, 458 ], [ 504, 411 ], [ 501, 360 ], [ 478, 256 ], [ 433, 168 ], [ 395, 126 ], [ 319, 75 ], [ 241, 42 ], [ 153, 22 ] ], [ [ 527, 304 ], [ 531, 273 ], [ 619, 163 ], [ 680, 96 ], [ 740, 46 ], [ 749, 40 ], [ 898, 14 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 398 575 Q 416 606 431 637 Q 464 707 496 765 Q 506 781 488 797 Q 433 833 404 826 Q 391 822 395 805 Q 419 667 274 478 Q 250 454 204 394 Q 197 375 214 382 Q 278 400 376 541 L 398 575 Z", "M 376 541 Q 395 525 443 539 Q 558 570 663 594 Q 700 598 702 582 Q 701 560 655 478 Q 648 462 655 457 Q 662 453 676 466 Q 766 545 803 563 Q 833 573 830 590 Q 829 603 747 642 Q 719 654 627 624 Q 480 591 398 575 C 369 569 349 553 376 541 Z", "M 523 312 Q 529 336 533 360 Q 537 390 543 408 Q 549 421 540 430 Q 519 452 495 461 Q 473 473 462 469 Q 452 465 455 453 Q 494 321 417 188 Q 410 178 400 166 Q 331 88 163 31 Q 151 30 147 25 Q 141 21 151 15 Q 157 14 172 15 Q 274 27 346 65 Q 460 116 513 273 L 523 312 Z", "M 513 273 Q 618 111 701 19 Q 725 -9 749 -8 Q 818 -1 878 4 Q 903 7 904 13 Q 905 20 876 34 Q 728 98 686 137 Q 604 210 523 312 C 504 335 497 298 513 273 Z" ] } 4 strokes 欠 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 409, 812 ], [ 445, 767 ], [ 398, 631 ], [ 351, 545 ], [ 316, 495 ], [ 273, 445 ], [ 215, 393 ] ], [ [ 384, 544 ], [ 643, 611 ], [ 683, 618 ], [ 724, 612 ], [ 750, 587 ], [ 716, 534 ], [ 659, 464 ] ], [ [ 466, 458 ], [ 504, 411 ], [ 501, 360 ], [ 478, 256 ], [ 433, 168 ], [ 395, 126 ], [ 319, 75 ], [ 241, 42 ], [ 153, 22 ] ], [ [ 527, 304 ], [ 531, 273 ], [ 619, 163 ], [ 680, 96 ], [ 740, 46 ], [ 749, 40 ], [ 898, 14 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 398 575 Q 416 606 431 637 Q 464 707 496 765 Q 506 781 488 797 Q 433 833 404 826 Q 391 822 395 805 Q 419 667 274 478 Q 250 454 204 394 Q 197 375 214 382 Q 278 400 376 541 L 398 575 Z", "M 376 541 Q 395 525 443 539 Q 558 570 663 594 Q 700 598 702 582 Q 701 560 655 478 Q 648 462 655 457 Q 662 453 676 466 Q 766 545 803 563 Q 833 573 830 590 Q 829 603 747 642 Q 719 654 627 624 Q 480 591 398 575 C 369 569 349 553 376 541 Z", "M 523 312 Q 529 336 533 360 Q 537 390 543 408 Q 549 421 540 430 Q 519 452 495 461 Q 473 473 462 469 Q 452 465 455 453 Q 494 321 417 188 Q 410 178 400 166 Q 331 88 163 31 Q 151 30 147 25 Q 141 21 151 15 Q 157 14 172 15 Q 274 27 346 65 Q 460 116 513 273 L 523 312 Z", "M 513 273 Q 618 111 701 19 Q 725 -9 749 -8 Q 818 -1 878 4 Q 903 7 904 13 Q 905 20 876 34 Q 728 98 686 137 Q 604 210 523 312 C 504 335 497 298 513 273 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.