Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 缺
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缺 |
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Meaning |
deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post |
Pronunciation |
quē |
Explanation |
Left: a can 缶 (lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ) |
Mnemonic
| With only one 'can' in the backpack, the person still has a defficiency. |
Radicals
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缶
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can, jar | (In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".) |
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夬
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decisive | (Image of a person 人 with a backpack コ) |
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央
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center, middle | (A big 大 person with a yoke 冂 that is central. Also used for 夬 as an incomplete center)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 缺点 |
quē diǎn |
weak point; fault; shortcoming | | 缺少 |
quē shǎo |
lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack | | 缺乏 |
quē fá |
shortage; be lacking; to be short of; to lack; scarcity | | 缺陷 |
quē xiàn |
defect; flaw; physical defect | | 欠缺 |
qiàn quē |
lapse; deficiency | | 缺憾 |
quē hàn |
a regret; sth regrettable | | 宁缺毋滥 |
nìng quē wú làn |
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option |
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