Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
欠 夬 缶 ⿰缶夬
Mandarin
que1, que4, kui3, quan4
English
Definitions
lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of; be short of; deficit; gap
Mnemonic
Pottery 缶 brought down with the hand 夬
Etymology
Notes
Originally meant broken pottery