ケツ, ケン, か.ける, か.く
lack, gap, fail

This kanji is also known as the "gap" radical (あくび), which has 4 strokes.

Sample compounds (17) :


  1. かけ
    fragment, splinter
  2. かす
    かかす
    to miss (doing), to fail (to do)
  3. ける
    かける
    to be lacking

  4. けつぼう
    want, shortage, famine

  5. とけつ
    harelip
  6. かない
    ことかかない
    to have an abundance

  7. けっきん
    absence (from work)

  8. けつじょ
    (vs) lack, privation, deficiency

  9. けっせき
    (vs) absence, non-attendance

  10. けっそん
    deficit, shortage, loss, damage

  11. けつぶん
    missing part (of manuscript)

  12. むけつ
    (a-no) flawlessness

  13. けつれい
    failure to pay one's compliments, omission of courtesy

  14. けっこう
    suspension of service

  15. けっか
    (vs) cutting class, absence from school

  16. きんけつ
    running out of money

  17. けつじょ
    (vs) lusting
Kanji Character : 欠
Kuten Encoding : 2371
SJIS Encoding : 3767
Unicode Encoding : 6b20
Old Nelson Index : 2412
Radical Number : 76
Frequency Ranking : 875
Gakken Index : 968
Grade Level : 4
Halpern Index : 1987
Heisig Index : 466
Henshall Index : 471
New Nelson Index : 2928
Stroke Count : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 4j0.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 0
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : j
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 383
SKIP Code : 2-2-2
De Roo Code : 2562
Four Corner Code : 2780.2
Korean reading : gyeol
Pinyin reading : qian4
Morohashi Index String : 15991
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 6.0614
Morohashi Index Number : 15991
Morohashi Page : 614
Morohashi Volume : 6
Radical Name : あくび
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP4-4-4
Cross Index Codes
  1. J0657E
  2. J1546B
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2562
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