欠(qiàn): to owe
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 欠 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 欠 step by step
4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 欠
Common words using 欠 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
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