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Meaning of 阙

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(Trad.: 闕)Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 13; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (gate) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Surround from above
    • [ mén ] gate, door, entrance, opening
    • [ jué ] to hiccup; to dig out, to expand
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Pinyin: quē
English Definition:used in place of (old); mistake; surname Que
Example Words:
阙特勤 quē qín Kul Tigin or Kultegin (685-c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Kaganate
多闻阙疑 duō wén quē to be well-informed and judicious (idiom)
诣阙 quē to go to the palace to see the emperor
补阙 quē old variant of 补缺
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Pinyin: què
English Definition:Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency
Chinese Definition:
①皇宫门前两边供瞭望的楼:宫阙。
②皇帝居处,借指朝廷:阙下。“待从头收拾旧山河,朝天阙”。
③京城,宫殿:“城阙辅三秦”。
④陵墓前两边的石牌坊:墓阙。
⑤豁口,空隙:“两岸连山,略无阙处”。

Example Words:
宫阙 gōng què palace
尽付阙如 jìn què All are exhausted. (idiom)
琼楼金阙 qióng lóu jīn què the imperial palace (idiom)
金阙 jīn què the imperial palace
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Example Sentences
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广
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