(qiàn)

HSK 54 strokes

to owe

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
qiàn
Meaning
to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺈人

A man 人 yawning ⺈

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

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How to write step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

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tuōqiàn
HSK 7-9

in arrears

Open 拖欠 page →
qiànquē
HSK 7-9

to be deficient in

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zuǐqiàn

(coll.) unable to control one's tongue; prone to say sth nasty

Open 嘴欠 page →

all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

Open 只欠东风 page →
shǒuqiàn

(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of

Open 手欠 page →

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