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Information about character(s)

Radical:
Radical Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 4
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiàn
Cantonese: him3
JapaneseKun: KAKERU AKUBI
JapaneseOn: KETSU
Korean: HUM KAM
Vietnamese: khiếm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: owe, lack, be deficient; KangXi radical number 76

CE-Dict: deficient/to owe/to lack/yawn

Soothill: To owe: debt; deficient; to bend, bow, yawn, etc.; the Sanskrit sign अ said to imply 大空不可得 space, great and unattainable or immeasurable.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to owe
2.to be lacking
3.(of the body) to raise slightly
4.to yawn

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: lack of; not enough; owe

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: lack of; not enough; owe

湘雅醫學專業詞典: insufficiency

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《欠部》欠 張口气悟也。象气从人上出之形。凡欠之屬皆从欠。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【欠字部】 欠
〔古文〕𣣓【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤去劒切,謙去聲。【說文】作欠,張口气悟也。象氣从儿上出形。【徐曰】人欠去也,悟解也。氣壅滯,欠去而解也。【韓愈·讀東方朔雜事詩】噫欠爲飄風。 又欠伸,疲乏之貌。人氣乏則欠,體疲則伸。【禮·曲禮】侍坐于君子,君子欠伸,侍坐者請出。亦作欠申。【前漢·翼奉傳】體病則欠申動於貌。 又不足也。【韓愈·贈張籍詩】今者誠自幸,所懷無一欠。 又水名,在汝南。【水經注】沙水東分爲二水,一水東注,卽注水也。俗謂之欠水。欠字作彡下儿。
考證:〔【前漢·翼奉傳】體病則欠伸動於貌。〕 謹照原文伸改申。

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) (術語)[8779]為等空之[8751]字與空點合成者。大日經第三悉地出現品曰:“易旨翱盞悖□鶚□虛空。”此二字合成。為大空之義。虛空者乃無形無色無音,而包容形色與音無所餘。大空不可得之義也。

Buddhism words and phrases deficient

CF-Dict: devoir/s'endetter/soulever légérement

Han-De-Dict: nicht genug, mangelnd (u.E.)/schulden, verschuldet sein, schuldig sein (u.E.)