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闕

闕

See also: 阙

Translingual

Han character

闕 (radical 169 門+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日弓廿山人 (ANTUO), four-corner 77482)

  1. watch tower
  2. palace

Synonyms

See also

References

  • KangXi: page 1340, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41456
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4314, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+95D5

Chinese

trad. 闕
simp. 阙

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 闕
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 月 (68)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 去月切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰiuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰuat̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰiuɐt̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 que
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 闕
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 què
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khjwot ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷʰat/
English tower over gate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 闕
Reading # 1/1
No. 7240
Phonetic
component		 欮
Rime
group		 月
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 闕
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰod/

Noun

闕

  1. a watchtower that flanked both sides of a palace's gates in ancient times

Proper noun

闕

  1. A surname​.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

闕

  1. fault; error; mistake

Verb

闕

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Adjective

闕

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Compounds

  • 闕值／阙值

References

Japanese

Kanji

闕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

闕 • ‎(gwol) (hangeul 궐, revised gwol, McCune-Reischauer kwŏl, Yale kwel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

闕 (khuyết)

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