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Stroke order
欠 is written in 4 strokes.

- 欠
Senses
- to owe
- to lack
- (literary) to be deficient in
- (bound form) yawn
- to raise slightly (a part of one's body)
Related words
欠 is pronounced qiàn and means “deber”. It is part of the HSK 5 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 欠 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.