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

desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).
to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

= + : Yu the Great (yu) suddenly feels a strong desire (欲) and appetite (欲) to eat popcorn (谷). As she opens the secret drawer in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) though she finds her popcorn gone and instead an IOU note (欠).
to take unfair advantage of / to deceive / to cheat

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is playing a game of chess in front of the space station (Ø1), but she removed the two watchtowers (其) of her opponent and just left IOU notes (欠). Her opponent feels quite bullied (欺) by such a behavior, but since she is the queen he can't say anything.
to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb

= + : Karl Marx (k) chopped down (砍) a huge boulder (石) with his bare hands inside of the anthill (an3) so that the staff can now move the pieces of the boulder. Before he leaves, the anthill's owner throws (砍) an IOU note (欠) after Karl.
to cook food
Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1]) / surname Ou
Europe / abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1] / surname Ou

= + : In front oft the outhouse, Europe is waving with her IOU note towards Einstein, who is totally broke. If Europe turned around, she would notice the alien from Area 51 claiming his money from her.
(used for transliteration) / old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]

= + : In front oft the outhouse, Europe is waving with her IOU note towards Einstein, who is totally broke. If Europe turned around, she would notice the alien from Area 51 claiming his money from her.
surname Qin

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) supported the emperor in his last war. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) she receives a package by the emperor himself (钦). It contains a golden harpoon (钅) as a present and sign of his admiration (钦) for her fighting skills. He also sent an IOU note (欠) to show that in return he will help the Queen of Hearts should she be in trouble.
to respect / to admire / to venerate / by the emperor himself

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) supported the emperor in his last war. In front of the encampment ((e)n1) she receives a package by the emperor himself (钦). It contains a golden harpoon (钅) as a present and sign of his admiration (钦) for her fighting skills. He also sent an IOU note (欠) to show that in return he will help the Queen of Hearts should she be in trouble.
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.
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 give (animals) water to drink
to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is gambling on a quiz wheel (曷) in front of the elevator (e1). As she turns the wheel and it turns out that she will have to pay a great debt, she says "give me a break" (歇), leaves an IOU note (欠) instead and lies down in the grass to relax a bit (歇).
to inlay / to embed / Taiwan pr. [qian1]

= + + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) still has the cow's (甘) IOU note (欠). Because the cow cannot pay its dept the Queen uses a fork (山) to inlay (嵌) the cow into her new throne in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
see 赤嵌樓|赤嵌楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]

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

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