阙
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Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 門 +10
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 闕
- Common rank
- #3,437
- Unicode
- U+9619
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Formation & memory
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Words with 阙
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阙特勤 | Kul Tigin or Kultegin (685–c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Khaganate | |
| 金阙 | the imperial palace | |
| 城阙 | watchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace | |
| 补阙 | old variant of 補缺|补缺[bu3 que1] | |
| 宫阙 | palace | |
| 诣阙 | (old) to go to the palace to see the emperor; (old) to go to the capital |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 欮 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欮 sound part | — | to hiccup; to dig out, to expand |
| 厥 | personal pronoun; he, she, it |