缺口 quēkǒu breach; gap

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 缺口 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中缺口means a gap, or a breach. Picture two neighbors looking for a runaway dog. One of them points at the fence and says it, because there's a gap right there.

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Stroke order

缺口 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

缺口 — the Chinese character for breach; gap (quēkǒu), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 缺口 — breach; gap

缺 — 10 strokes
口 — 3 strokes

Senses

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Characters in 缺口

缺 quē — deficiency; lack; scarce
口 kǒu — mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls

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Where 缺口 lives

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缺口 is pronounced quēkǒu and means “breach; gap”.