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

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.
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.
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.
Europe (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1]) / surname Ou
(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.
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.
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 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.
to give (animals) water to drink
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]
to apologize / to regret / deficient

= + : The Queen of Heart's (qi) stunt double (兼) apologizes (歉) to the Queen for eating her dessert and hands her an IOU note (欠) in the anthill's bathroom (an4).
to suck / to drink

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a drinking bottle, one of those where you have to suck to drink. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) finds a drinking bottle (欶) in the observatory's bathroom (o4) over a bundle of firewood (束). There is a small fire to keep the bottle's content warm. Sheldon doesn't hesitate, grabs the bottle and empties it, sucking (欶) and drinking (欶) the warm beverage. He carelessly throws an IOU note (欠) towards the bundle of firewood, but it almost instantly touches the fire and burns to ashes.
old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole
pit / threshold / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water / ☵
pleased / moved

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.