缺 quē
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 缶 — earthen crock or jar
- Made of
- 缶 earthen crock or jar 夬 decisive, certain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
缺失
quēshī
lack; absence; to be missing
Characters in this word
失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 童年陪伴的长期缺失，往往会在成年后的亲密关系中显现出来。 Tóngnián péibàn de chángqī quēshī, wǎngwǎng huì zài chéngnián hòu de qīnmì guānxì zhōng xiǎnxiàn chūlái. The long-term absence of companionship in childhood often appears later in adult intimate relationships.
- 这份报告的主要问题是数据的缺失。 Zhè fèn bàogào de zhǔyào wèntí shì shùjù de quēshī. The main problem with this report is the lack of data.
- 故意隐瞒真相，属于严重的信息缺失。 Gùyì yǐnmán zhēnxiàng, shǔyú yánzhòng de xìnxī quēshī. Deliberately hiding the truth constitutes a serious absence of information.
Related words
- 缺 quē to lack; to be short of
- 缺点 quēdiǎn weak point; flaw
- 缺少 quēshǎo to lack; to be short of
- 缺乏 quēfá to lack
- 短缺 duǎnquē shortage, to be short of
- 缺陷 quēxiàn defect
- 不可或缺 bùkěhuòquē indispensable; essential
- 残缺 cánquē incomplete; defective
- 紧缺 jǐnquē scarce; in short supply
- 欠缺 qiànquē to lack; to be deficient; deficiency
- 缺口 quēkǒu gap; shortfall; breach
- 缺席 quēxí to be absent