欠缺

Chinese
 
deficient; owe; to lack
deficient; owe; to lack; yawn
 
lack; scarce; vacant post
lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
trad. (欠缺) 欠 缺
simp. #(欠缺) 欠 缺
anagram 缺欠

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 欠 缺 缺
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 嚴 (145) 先 (88) 仙 (82)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division (等) III IV III
Fanqie 去劔切 苦穴切 傾雪切
Baxter khjaemH khwet khjwiet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰɨɐmH/ /kʰwet̚/ /kʰiuᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰiɐmH/ /kʰʷet̚/ /kʰʷiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiɐmH/ /kʰuɛt̚/ /kʰjuæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰɨamH/ /kʰwɛt̚/ /kʰwiat̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰiɐmH/ /kʰuet̚/ /kʰiuɛt̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰĭɐmH/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰĭuɛt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰi̯ɐmH/ /kʰiwet̚/ /kʰi̯wɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiàn que que
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 him3 kyut3 kyut3

Noun

欠缺

  1. shortcoming

Synonyms

Verb

欠缺

  1. to be deficient in; to be short of

Synonyms
Synonyms of 欠缺

Japanese
Kanji in this term
欠 缺
けん
Grade: 4		 けつ
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 欠缺 (MC kʰɨɐmH kʰwet̚).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) けんけつ [kèńkétsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kẽ̞ŋke̞t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

欠(けん)缺(けつ) • (kenketsu) ←けんけつ (kenketu)?

  1. (law) lack
    意(い)思(し)の欠(けん)缺(けつ)
    ishi no kenketsu
    lack of intent

Usage notes

The term would be *欠(けん)欠(けつ) if written in shinjitai, and as such, the kyūjitai form is preserved to avoid ambiguities.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
欠缺

Noun

欠缺 • (heumgyeol) (hangeul 흠결)

  1. Hanja form? of 흠결 (“shortage; deficiency; deficit”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
欠缺

Noun

欠缺

  1. chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (“shortcoming; defect”).

Adjective

欠缺

  1. chữ Hán form of khiếm khuyết (“deficient; lacking”).
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