缺少 (quē shǎo)

lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack

Character breakdown

缺 (quē) · 10 strokes

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound.
少 (shǎo) · 4 strokes

Depicts four dots, representing the meaning "few". Originally the same character as 小. The small dots possibly represent grains of sand (沙).