Memory phrase for the Kanji: 欠

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kaku

Top: gaping (yawning) mouth ⺈, below: the corresponding person 人

With this yawning mouth the person shows his: deficiencies.

欠

deficiency

The radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)

Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

欠く	かく	to lack, to break, to crack, to chip
欠ける	かける	to be lacking
欠乏	けつぼう	want, shortage, famine
欠伸	あくび	to yawn
欠陥	けっかん	defect, fault, deficiency
不可欠	ふかけつ	indispensable, essential
欠席	けっせき	absence, non-attendance
欠点	けってん	faults, defect, weakness

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