to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is pretty annoyed by Neanderthal Man (人), who is quarreling with the crane (⺈) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Neanderthal Man (人) owes the crane money, and the crane is waving with his IOU note (mnemonic symbol for 欠).

欠 character breakdown

Character component without intrinsic meaning

I think this looks like a crane; to the left is its wing, and to the right its head.
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 欠 as component

next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the cube, as in words involving 三次 relate to "cubic equations" or "cube (third power)". The King of Chu (c) pulls a popsicle (冫) out of the cube (次) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and leaves an IOU note (欠) on the cube.
song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3] / to sing

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) lost a bet to his elder brother (哥) Godzilla (哥), who is waving with the IOU (欠) note Guy Fawkes signed when they made that bet. Now he'll have to sing a song (歌) to Godzilla in front of the elevator (e1).
variant of 歌[ge1]
joyous / happy / pleased

= + : Helga Horse has not been boxing for a long time and is overjoyed to find a pair of boxing gloves just in front of the anthill. Not thinking twice she picks up the gloves and rushes to the next fitness center, leaving an IOU note behind for the owner of the gloves to find.
a breed of horse / variant of 歡|欢[huan1]

= + : Helga Horse has not been boxing for a long time and is overjoyed to find a pair of boxing gloves just in front of the anthill. Not thinking twice she picks up the gloves and rushes to the next fitness center, leaving an IOU note behind for the owner of the gloves to find.
variant of 歡|欢[huan1]

= + : Helga Horse has not been boxing for a long time and is overjoyed to find a pair of boxing gloves just in front of the anthill. Not thinking twice she picks up the gloves and rushes to the next fitness center, leaving an IOU note behind for the owner of the gloves to find.
hubbub / clamor / variant of 歡|欢[huan1]

= + : Helga Horse has not been boxing for a long time and is overjoyed to find a pair of boxing gloves just in front of the anthill. Not thinking twice she picks up the gloves and rushes to the next fitness center, leaving an IOU note behind for the owner of the gloves to find.
to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through

= + : Chantal Chicken (chu) is totally crazy about creating wind instruments from vegetables lately. In front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) she stole a mandarin (口) from a local merchant and left an IOU note (欠) instead. She carved the mandarin out and created a little ocarina out of it, which she plays by blowing (吹) into it every since.
to give (animals) water to drink
old variant of 飲|饮[yin3]

= + : Maud Younger (y) is visiting the encampment ((e)n3) and she's very hungry and thirsty. She finds that the yellow emperor left his lunch at his throne, so she just takes the Chinese cruller (饣) and ice cold soft drink (饮). To make up for it she leaves an IOU note (欠) on the throne.
to drink

= + : Maud Younger (y) is visiting the encampment ((e)n3) and she's very hungry and thirsty. She finds that the yellow emperor left his lunch at his throne, so she just takes the Chinese cruller (饣) and ice cold soft drink (饮). To make up for it she leaves an IOU note (欠) on the throne.
section / paragraph / funds / CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4] / classifier for versions or models (of a product)

= + + : Karl Koala (ku) took the bachelor (士) out for dinner to the anthill (an3), but yet again he didn't bring enough money so he wants to give the bachelor an IOU note (欠) once more. The bachelor then pulls out a guideon (示) showing that he's a member of some special force, and that Karl Koala, because of his greed, will have to pay a fine (款).
variant of 軟|软[ruan3]

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.
soft / flexible

= + : Rachel Rhinoceros (ru) left the anthill after drinking too much. When she got into her cabriolet (车), She felt that it was very soft (软), so soft in fact that she was not able to drive safely anymore: she drove her car directly into the anthill. Inside (an3) She then left an IOU note (欠) about the anthill's furniture for the owner of the anthill.

Words with 欠

to owe a debt / the sum owed
(coll.) unable to control one's tongue / prone to say sth nasty
balance due / small balance still to pay / final remaining debt
(coll.) prone to touch things one should keep one's hands off of
annoying / infuriating / deserving of a good spanking
see 兩不相欠|两不相欠[liang3 bu4 xiang1 qian4]
to be even / to be quits / to be even-steven
all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

Sentences with 欠

欠 currently does not appear in any sentence.