歉qiàn
deficient, lacking; to apologize, to regret, to be sorry. 14 strokes, radical 欠, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 歉
Strokes 1–10 write 兼, then strokes 11–14 write 欠.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 歉 · the stroke-order rules
What 歉 is made of
兼 (jiān, both) and 欠 (qiàn, to lack).
欠 carries the meaning — lack — and 兼 carries the sound.
Words that use 歉
| 抱歉 | to be sorry, apologetic 指感到过意不去，向人致歉 官方报刊通报灾情，对停电表示抱歉。Officials apologized for the power outage. Lesson 540, 风雨同舟 · 笃行恪守与时代风云 · Urban Vigilance & Resilient Governance |
| 道歉 | to apologize 指向人表示歉意 侵权者为兜售盗版软件诚恳道歉。The infringer sincerely apologized for selling pirated software. Lesson 567, 守正知止 · 笃行实证与智网经纬 · Modern Infrastructure & Civic Rigor |
Characters that share the sound part 兼
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 欠
All 10 of them, and what the radical means, on the 欠 radical page.