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qiàn
v. to yawn; to lack, be short of; to owe; to slightly raise (a part of body)
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[qiàn]   radical. lack
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'欠' is part of the following simplified words:
 䨏 厥 吹 咨 嗽 噷 坎 姿 嵌 嵚 忺 恣 掀 揿 次 欢 欣 欤 欧 欬 欱 欲 欶 欷 欸 欺 欻 款 欿 歃 歆 歇 歉 歌 歔 歙 漱 炊 焮 瓷 盗 砍 窾 簌 粢 羡 肷 芡 茨 莰 蔌 资 趑 软 钦 锨 阙 饮
'欠' is part of the following traditional words:
 䨏 厥 吹 咨 嗽 噷 坎 姿 嵌 嶔 忺 恣 慾 掀 撳 次 欣 欬 欱 欶 欷 欸 欺 欻 欽 款 欿 歃 歆 歇 歉 歌 歐 歔 歙 歟 歡 漱 炊 焮 瓷 砍 窾 簌 粢 肷 芡 茨 莰 蔌 蠍 資 趑 軟 鍁 闕 飲
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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qiàn quē
v./n. be short of, lack, shortcoming, deficiency
hā qian
n. yawn
qiàn zhài
v. to owe a debt
qiàn jiā
adj. (lit) suboptimal, not good enough
qiàn xīn
v./n. delay paying a salary; overdue salary
qiàn shēn
v. to stretch oneself and yawn
qiàn shēn
v. to raise oneself slightly, to rise slightly from one's seat