deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of

= + : Cupid (qu) has almost all pottery pots (缶) of a collection of twelve, but the seventh piece is missing (缺). He asks a crystal ball (夬) I'm front of the elevator (e1): where is the missing piece? The crystal ball replies that he smashed it when he came back totally drunk the night before.

缺 character breakdown

decisive

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a crystal ball which will decide for you.

= + : Gitta Giraffe assumed the throne in the airplanes bathroom. Now she has to decide which tool she will use to enforce her decisions. She asks a crystal ball whether she should use a classical sickle or a rather modern robot.
pottery

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is showing off his art skills right in the middle of the outhouse (ou3). He prepared some pottery (缶) to look at, but that's not all: when the bell tolls at noon, he takes a fork (山) and eats his pottery for lunch (午) as the central element of his art performance.

Characters with 缺 as component

缺 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 缺

badly damaged / shattered
see 必不可少[bi4 bu4 ke3 shao3]
to lack / to do without
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
currently in short supply / in deficit (of commodity) / currently vacant (position)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)

Sentences with 缺

zhǐ
yi̅n
shǒu
zho̅ng
que̅
shǎo
chèn
shǒu
de
bi̅ng
qì