闕

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See also: 阙
闕 U+95D5, 闕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95D5
← 闔
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 闖 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

Related characters

References

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

Chinese

trad. 闕
simp. 阙
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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (欮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鱖 *krods, *kod
蹶 *krods, *krod, *kod
厥 *kod, *kud
欮 *kod
蕨 *kod
劂 *kod
瘚 *kod
蟨 *kod
蟩 *kod
橜 *kod, *ɡod
撅 *kod, *ɡod
闕 *kʰod
橛 *ɡod
鷢 *ɡod
蹷 *ɡod
憠 *ɡod

Pronunciation 1

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
Baxter khjwot
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hyut3
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. * 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/

Definitions

闕

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

See also

Pronunciation 2

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
Baxter khjwot
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hyut3
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/

Definitions

闕

  1. fault; error; mistake
  2. (archaic, ancient southwestern China) (supposition/tentative/presumed only!) to tuck (in or behind)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

闕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

References

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

闕: Hán Nôm readings: khuyết

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