闕

See also: 阙

闕 U+95D5, 闕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95D5 ← 闔 [U+95D4] CJK Unified Ideographs 闖 → [U+95D6]

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

• 灍, 𭬸, 𥗮, 𬘒, 𨇮

Related characters

• 阙 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: 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

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): què (que⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³
• Min Nan (POJ): khoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: què
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueh
    • Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoat
    • Tâi-lô: khuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰʉɐt̚/

Rime
Character	闕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	元 (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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷʰat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰod/

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/

Definitions

闕

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

See also

• 宮／宫 (gōng), 殿 (diàn), 宸 (chén)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quē (que¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyue
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiue
    • Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰʉɐt̚/

Rime
Character	闕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	元 (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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰod/

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)

   • 其次功，則胸前背後得披，而闕其袖。又以次功，則胸前得披，並闕其背。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其次功，则胸前背后得披，而阙其袖。又以次功，则胸前得披，并阙其背。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 8, part 1

     Qí cì gōng, zé xiōngqián bèihòu dé pī, ér què qí xiù. Yòu yǐ cì gōng, zé xiōngqián dé pī, bìng què qí bèi. [Pinyin]

     Those of the next rank have skins on their chests and backs, which tuck in to their sleeves. The next ranking again have skins on their chest, which tuck backward.

Compounds

• 丹闕／丹阙 (dānquè)
• 京闕／京阙 (jīngquè)
• 付之闕如／付之阙如
• 伊闕佛龕／伊阙佛龛
• 伊闕山／伊阙山
• 係頸闕庭／系颈阙庭
• 北闕／北阙
• 城闕／城阙 (chéngquè)
• 多聞闕疑／多闻阙疑
• 天闕／天阙
• 宮闕／宫阙 (gōngquè)
• 嵩山三闕／嵩山三阙
• 巨闕／巨阙
• 帝闕／帝阙
• 心在魏闕／心在魏阙
• 心存魏闕／心存魏阙
• 心瞻魏闕／心瞻魏阙
• 心馳魏闕／心驰魏阙

• 憂闕／忧阙
• 戀闕／恋阙
• 拾遺補闕／拾遗补阙
• 救過補闕／救过补阙
• 犯闕／犯阙
• 玄闕／玄阙
• 玉樓金闕／玉楼金阙
• 玉闕／玉阙
• 珠宮貝闕／珠宫贝阙
• 瑤臺銀闕／瑶台银阙
• 登樓望闕／登楼望阙
• 盡付闕如／尽付阙如
• 瞻天戀闕／瞻天恋阙
• 紫闕／紫阙
• 絳闕／绛阙
• 蓋闕／盖阙
• 袞闕／衮阙
• 補闕／补阙

• 裨補闕漏／裨补阙漏 (bìbǔquēlòu)
• 詣闕／诣阙
• 象闕／象阙
• 貝闕珠宮／贝阙珠宫
• 金闕／金阙 (jīnquè)
• 銀闕／银阙
• 闕下／阙下
• 闕乏／阙乏 (quēfá)
• 闕失／阙失
• 闕如／阙如 (quērú)
• 闕字／阙字
• 闕庭／阙庭
• 闕文／阙文 (quēwén)
• 闕疑／阙疑 (quēyí)
• 闕翦／阙翦
• 闕里／阙里
• 魏闕／魏阙
• 鳳闕／凤阙

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05508

Japanese

Kanji

闕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu)
• Kun: かける (kakeru)

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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