Kanji

欠

Meaning

  • lack
  • gap
  • fail
  • yawning radical (no. 76)

Onyomi

  • ketsu (ケツ)
  • ken (ケン)

Kunyomi

  • kakeru (かける)
  • kaku (かく)

Examples

不可欠
essential
fukaketsu
欠
lack, absence
ketsu