Keyword
lack of
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig505
Old form
Readings
(34%)
かけ
(19%)
けつ
(19%)
けっ
(19%)
けん
(6%)
Composed of
hook claw
person
Mnemonic

This person has a hook claw instead of a head. Normal people need a head, but this is a zombie, so the lack of a head doesn't bother it in the slightest.

Used in kanji (28 in total)
next
desire
drink
blow
Used in vocabulary (164 in total)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
indispensable; essential
absence; non-attendance
yawn; yawning
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
missing; lacking
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen
flawless; absolute perfection
want; shortage; famine
fragment; piece
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
having no money; lack of money
vacancy; vacant position
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
absence from work without permission
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
absence due to illness; sick leave
truancy; absence without leave
attendance or absence
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
indispensable; essential; necessary
absence (from work)
deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)
waxing and waning (of the Moon)
cancellation (of a flight or sea voyage)
elopement; running away with a lover
absence; not taking part
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
fragment; piece
fragment; piece
missing number
special election; by-election
schoolchild without lunch
oxygen deficiency; anoxia; hypoxia
to fail in one's social duties
indispensable; essential; necessary
flawlessness
perfect attendance and punctuality (at school or work)
to take a roll call; to take the register
trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)
stockout; out of stock
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
to lack in common sense
report of a school absence
running out of gasoline (petrol)
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
without missing (a day of) work
missing a meal
indispensable; essential; necessary
failure to pay one's compliments; omission of courtesy
report of an absence (at work)
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
cutout; notch
vitamin deficiency disease; avitaminosis; hypovitaminosis
perfect attendance
rejection; disqualification; abessive
iron-deficiency anemia; iron-deficiency anaemia
removal; omission; lusting
an intermittent fever
intermittence; intermittent
fragment; piece
confiscation of property (Edo period)
to break off; to knock off; to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)
suspension of rations or payments
fragment (e.g. of works); incomplete set; incomplete state
missing volume
omission of a character; omitted character; blank type; insertion of blank spaces before and after the names of dignitaries (as a sign of respect)
having plenty (of something); having all one needs
cutting class; absence from school
report of a school absence
to bridge a gap; to supply a lack
data unavailability; lack of data; shortage of data
hardships and privations
missing part; broken part; short weight; false eye (in go)
harelip; cleft lip
flawless; perfect; (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces
lacuna; gap where something is lacked
spare player; substitute; sub; benchwarmer
dried, sliced herring
to break off; to knock off; to create a false eye by sacrificing a stone (in go)
missing issue (of magazine)
dried, sliced herring
running out of electricity (esp. an electric vehicle); having an empty battery
absence permission slip
refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning
pixel defect (on an LCD display, e.g. dead pixel)
defective car; car with a (structural) defect
dried, sliced herring
missing part; broken part; short weight; false eye (in go)
report of an absence (at work)
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
indispensable; vital; fundamental; imperative; crucial; critical
disappointment; disillusion; resentment
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
elopement; running away with a lover
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
to break into pieces; to chip off
harelip; cleft lip
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
chipped ice; ice chips
absence permission slip
to (cut a) notch (in)
missing part (of manuscript)
imperial palace gate; imperial palace
flight cancellation
cancellation of lecture or class
missing important things here and there; full of gaps; (lit.) as if the teeth of a comb were missing
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
absence permission slip; authorized absence form
absence permission slip; authorized absence form
unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side; robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran
missing volume (e.g. of a set of books)
halving; scarfing; halving joint
halving; scarfing; halving joint
ectrodactyly
fibular hemimelia; fibula agenesis
missing (data, observation, etc.)
empty government position; dismissing a government official
without fail; diligently; without missing a single ...
intermittent river; intermittent stream
pixel defect (on an LCD display, e.g. dead pixel)
Examples (200 in total)
There wasn't even a hint of human presence.
What he lacks is courage.
He is lacking in courage.