缺少 (quē shǎo)
lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
Character breakdown
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缺 (quē) · 10 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound.
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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).