Radicals › #76 欠
欠
欠 — the “lack” radical
an open mouth; to yawn/lack 10 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 欠 radical (10)
次next, order欧Europe歌song, sing欠lack, gap欲longing, covetousness歓delight, joy欺deceit, cheat款goodwill, article欣take pleasure in, rejoice欽respect, revere
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.