Read Edit View history Discussion 缺 quē HSK3 be short of, lack Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas quē × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 缺 Simp strokes 缺 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 缺 Simp strokes 缺 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 缺 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 247, 744 ], [ 270, 728 ], [ 283, 708 ], [ 281, 700 ], [ 235, 583 ], [ 186, 493 ], [ 145, 441 ] ], [ [ 238, 536 ], [ 328, 550 ], [ 400, 573 ], [ 453, 575 ] ], [ [ 76, 353 ], [ 116, 345 ], [ 143, 347 ], [ 422, 411 ], [ 480, 408 ] ], [ [ 289, 519 ], [ 317, 497 ], [ 322, 486 ], [ 318, 217 ], [ 313, 201 ], [ 302, 191 ] ], [ [ 161, 286 ], [ 187, 248 ], [ 180, 137 ], [ 218, 137 ], [ 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433 Q 381 423 346 414 L 299 404 Q 173 379 81 366 Q 68 365 65 357 Q 62 347 77 335 Q 116 308 157 322 Q 242 350 299 363 L 344 373 Z", "M 336 192 Q 340 291 344 373 L 346 414 Q 347 432 348 449 Q 349 465 350 477 Q 357 493 348 503 Q 332 519 318 527 C 293 543 271 550 282 522 Q 298 485 299 404 L 299 363 Q 298 297 297 182 C 297 152 335 162 336 192 Z", "M 413 209 Q 371 202 336 192 L 297 182 Q 249 170 211 154 Q 198 151 202 167 Q 206 198 212 230 Q 216 251 208 263 Q 195 279 175 291 Q 165 297 156 295 Q 147 291 153 275 Q 169 233 161 192 Q 155 153 139 137 Q 123 121 130 109 Q 140 96 155 87 Q 167 81 176 88 Q 207 127 363 166 Q 396 173 406 172 C 436 174 443 214 413 209 Z", "M 406 172 Q 406 145 418 127 Q 425 118 433 126 Q 451 144 451 169 Q 455 217 466 252 Q 473 270 458 280 Q 446 290 434 298 Q 424 302 416 299 Q 409 295 411 282 Q 423 246 413 209 L 406 172 Z", "M 771 366 Q 795 480 832 509 Q 848 528 833 545 Q 817 557 765 579 Q 747 586 726 576 Q 686 558 648 547 L 606 536 Q 561 526 515 519 Q 499 518 502 508 Q 505 501 522 495 Q 547 485 579 498 Q 589 501 605 503 L 646 512 Q 731 531 739 525 Q 751 515 749 490 Q 737 415 722 356 C 715 327 765 337 771 366 Z", "M 635 305 Q 701 327 918 328 Q 936 329 940 337 Q 944 347 929 359 Q 875 396 814 376 Q 793 373 771 366 L 722 356 Q 667 350 637 341 L 592 333 Q 528 324 458 312 Q 440 311 454 295 Q 467 283 483 279 Q 502 275 517 279 Q 550 289 587 296 L 635 305 Z", "M 634 300 Q 634 303 635 305 L 637 341 Q 637 344 638 345 Q 642 430 646 512 L 648 547 Q 649 659 680 740 Q 687 755 677 765 Q 655 784 616 795 Q 592 802 583 795 Q 574 788 581 776 Q 603 740 606 694 Q 607 615 606 536 L 605 503 Q 601 418 592 333 L 587 296 Q 571 155 471 79 Q 437 55 390 30 Q 377 23 377 19 Q 378 15 389 14 Q 405 11 443 24 Q 509 43 555 92 Q 615 155 630 268 L 634 300 Z", "M 630 268 Q 694 160 778 45 Q 794 26 823 25 Q 919 24 950 27 Q 959 28 960 33 Q 961 37 949 45 Q 807 114 749 176 Q 695 227 634 300 C 615 323 615 294 630 268 Z" ] } 10 strokes 缺 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ 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473,426C455,434 438,437 424,433C395,427 369,420 346,414C315,407 315,407 299,404C215,387 142,374 81,366C63,364 56,351 77,335C102,317 129,313 157,322C213,341 260,355 299,363C329,370 329,370 344,373Z", "M336,192C338,258 341,319 344,373C345,400 345,400 346,414C350,511 370,497 318,527C308,533 278,533 282,522C292,498 299,459 299,404C299,377 299,377 299,363C299,319 297,259 297,182C297,169 336,179 336,192Z", "M413,209C385,205 359,199 336,192C310,185 310,185 297,182C265,174 236,164 211,154C202,151 200,157 202,167C205,188 207,209 212,230C214,245 213,256 208,263C199,274 188,283 175,291C162,299 143,300 153,275C163,247 165,220 161,192C156,167 149,148 139,137C128,127 124,117 130,109C136,100 144,93 155,87C162,83 171,83 176,88C213,133 349,165 406,172C418,174 425,211 413,209Z", "M406,172C402,155 409,139 418,127C422,121 427,121 433,126C445,138 450,153 451,169C452,202 458,229 466,252C470,265 467,273 458,280C449,287 442,293 434,298C432,300 404,308 411,282C416,258 417,235 413,209C408,184 408,184 406,172Z", "M771,366C787,442 808,488 832,509C844,521 844,535 833,545C823,555 799,565 765,579C753,584 740,583 726,576C699,564 673,554 648,547C620,540 620,540 606,536C576,529 545,523 515,519C497,517 493,506 522,495C551,485 576,497 605,503C632,509 632,509 646,512C702,525 733,530 739,525C747,519 751,507 749,490C741,440 732,396 722,356C719,340 768,350 771,366Z", "M635,305C680,314 773,327 918,328C946,329 947,346 929,359C901,379 872,384 842,383C828,382 791,371 771,366C738,359 738,359 722,356C685,349 657,345 637,341C607,336 607,336 592,333C549,326 504,319 458,312C446,311 444,306 454,295C462,287 472,282 483,279C495,277 507,277 517,279C539,286 562,292 587,296C619,302 619,302 635,305Z", "M634,300C634,302 634,304 635,305C636,329 636,329 637,341C640,398 642,456 646,512C647,535 647,535 648,547C652,622 658,687 680,740C684,751 683,759 677,765C662,779 641,788 616,795C578,806 573,789 581,776C605,736 611,720 606,536C605,514 605,514 605,503C603,447 599,390 592,333C589,308 589,308 587,296C564,129 466,71 390,30C377,24 369,12 389,14C528,33 615,152 630,268C633,289 633,289 634,300Z", "M630,268C672,196 721,122 778,45C787,32 803,26 823,25C886,24 929,25 950,27C953,28 972,33 949,45C855,94 788,136 749,176C714,212 674,252 634,300C628,309 624,277 630,268Z" ] } 10 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.