欢
JLPT HSK 1

huān
Left: once again 又 (image of a hand), right: deficient/lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth. [namely good manners])
Even though a hand is lacking, I stay happy.

	次
JLPT HSK 2

cì
Left: ice 冫, right: lacking 欠 (showing a person 人 yawning with mouth wide open, "lacking" good manners)
Ice is lacking, what comes next?

	歌
JLPT HSK 2

gē
Left: elder brother 哥 (2x possible 可 - [The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]), right: lack/deficiency 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
There is a double possibility that there is a deficency in your: singing.

	饮
JLPT HSK 3

yǐn
Left: food 饣/食 (Below the cover is good 良 food.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
If food is lacking, you (instead) have to drink.

	款
JLPT HSK 4

kuǎn
Left: scholar 士, to show 示; right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
The scholar shows a lack (of familiarity) with this paragraph.

	歉
JLPT HSK 4

qiàn
Left: combined, twice 兼 (A hand /ヨ holds two rice plants 禾 combined.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
Having a double lack, means deficiency and regrets.

	嗽
JLPT HSK 4

sòu
Left: mouth 口, right: 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.

	吹
JLPT HSK 5

chuī
Left: mouth 口, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth., namely good manners)
If the 'out-of-the-mouth" is lacking sth, it is just blowing.

	欣
JLPT HSK 5

xīn
Left: axe 斤, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
(no need to work) If the axe is lacking, we are happy.

	歇
JLPT HSK 5

xiē
Left: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
An interrogation has a lack of any rest.

	软
JLPT HSK 5

ruǎn
Left: vehicle 车 (車= carriage mit with axle 丨, load area 日, 2 wheels 二), right: lack 欠.(A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
A vehicle is lacking, we need to be flexible.

	欠
JLPT HSK 5

qiàn
Top: gaping/yawning mouth , below: corresponding person 人
A person with yawning mouth shows a lack.

	砍
JLPT HSK 5

kǎn
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth)
If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.

	欧
JLPT HSK 5

ōu
Left: district/region 区, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
Consider the map: Europe 㐅 has a determining costal line 匚 in all directions, which however lacks 欠 in the east. This defines: Europe.

	钦
JLPT HSK 6

qīn
Left: gold, metal 钅/金, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
Gold is lacking [in the sense of: "He takes our money"], but we respect the emperor.

	掀
JLPT HSK 6

xiān
Left: to break 折 (The hand 扌with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.

	欲
JLPT HSK 6

yù
Left: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the greed and desires.

	欺
JLPT HSK 6

qī
Left: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing), used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
The grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated.

	嵌
JLPT HSK 6

qiàn
Top: mountain 山 (here: mountain-like = an up-and-down profile/relief), bottom: sweet 甘 (mouth 廿 with sth. sweet 一 ), lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth)
In an up-down profile or an empty open mouth you can (where it is lacking) put in: an inlay or tesselation

	炊
JLPT HSK 6

chuī
Left: fire 火, right: lack 欠 (top: open mouth/yawning, below: person 人)
If fire is lacking you can't cook.

	厥
JLPT no HSK

jué
Outside: cliff 厂, rest: 欮 (disobedient 屰 [(A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack 欠)
In particular at a cliff it is a "disobedient lack", when losing consciousness.

	坎
JLPT no HSK

kǎn
Left: earth 土, right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
If earth is lacking, it becomes: bumpy.

	漱
JLPT no HSK

shù
Left: water 氵, right: 欶 (bundle 束, deficient/lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.

	阙
JLPT no HSK

quē, què
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: disobedient 屰 (A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked has a lack 欠 and is disobediant.)
(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.

	欤
JLPT no HSK

yú
Left: and/with 与 (the number 5 and one 一 is an "and"-connection), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
And when having a lack? - Then I ask!

	獗
JLPT no HSK

jué
Left: wild animal 犭, right: 厥 (cliff 厂, disobedient 屰 [A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack 欠)
The animal that has been pushed to the cliff because of a disobedient lack is unruly.

	簌
JLPT no HSK

sù
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 欶 (bundle 束, to lack 欠)
The bamboo is bundled with gaps (= lacks) in between, which causes slight rustling sounds.