阙
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Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency
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Dict coverage rank #3,437 U+9619
How 阙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
门 (semantic, “gate”) + 欮 (phonetic)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 欮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 欮 (—) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欮 sound component | — | to hiccup; to dig out, to expand |
| 厥 | jué | personal pronoun; he, she, it |
Words containing 阙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阙特勤 | Què tè qín | Kul Tigin or Kultegin (685–c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Khaganate |
| 金阙 | jīn què | the imperial palace |
| 城阙 | chéng què | watchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace |
| 补阙 | bǔ quē | old variant of 補缺|补缺[bu3 que1] |
| 宫阙 | gōng què | palace |
| 诣阙 | yì què | (old) to go to the palace to see the emperor; (old) to go to the capital |