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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 缺

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
缺 quē - deficiency
- lack
- scarce
- vacant post
- to run short of

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 2,988 1,902 1,377

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 缶 夬

Radical:

缶

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

夬

Semantic:

缶

Hint:

Jar

Other Words Containing 缺

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
缺 - 3 2,988 1,902 1,377
缺乏 5 5 3,600 1,586 2,898
缺少 4 3 4,931 3,715 4,105
缺点 4 3 5,879 4,472 3,156
缺陷 6 6 6,266 4,803 6,986
缺席 6 7 9,263 10,401 13,322
空缺 - - 9,649 17,734 22,841
完美无缺 - - 10,897 42,089 38,697
短缺 - 8 15,083 8,293 22,540
缺口 6 8 15,647 7,149 12,988
缺失 - 8 16,577 9,056 10,092
缺德 - - 17,938 21,438 9,094
欠缺 - 8 18,521 11,712 13,138
缺氧 - - 18,799 10,742 13,965
不可或缺 - - 19,909 14,330 13,635
残缺 - 9 19,934 22,333 14,123
缺水 - - 21,344 - -
缺损 - - 25,446 11,379 50,544
缺憾 - - 30,850 24,330 19,168
稀缺 - - 30,894 12,738 17,780
紧缺 - 9 31,704 13,177 31,967
缺血 - - 32,932 - -
缺勤 - - 33,985 75,183 70,567
缺货 - - 45,192 27,074 21,323
缺一不可 - - 47,241 29,020 26,548
奇缺 - - 57,495 43,847 68,640
补缺 - - 58,907 45,285 49,994
缺德事 - - 59,645 - -
缺衣少食 - - 66,439 - -
必不可缺 - - 75,398 - -
缺斤少两 - - 89,818 87,127 69,170
肥缺 - - 90,749 92,951 81,979