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HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

缺

quē

to lack

Stroke order of 缺

缺 is written with 10 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A jar (缶) with a chip knocked out (夬) lacks a piece.

Parts: 缶 pottery jar + 夬 notch

Example sentence

我们缺一个人。

We are short one person.

Words with 缺

缺点shortcoming缺少to lack; shortage

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase增长to grow; growth上升to rise升to rise; to promote; liter加快to speed up加强to strengthen补充to add; to supplement补to make up for; to mend缺少to lack; shortage失去to lose消失to disappear浪费to waste节约to save; to economize存to store; to deposit保存to keep; to save

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