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quē(que1) , què(que4) // pronunciations of 阙 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 阙

Unihan definition: watch tower; palace

Number of strokes: 13
Examples of other characters consisting of 13 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  169.10

Frequency rank: 3452

General standard index number: 5554

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 宫阙, 补阙, 诣阙, 阙特勤, 补阙拾遗

English translation (based on CEDICT):

闕|阙[Quē]:
- surname Que
闕|阙[quē]:
- used in place of (old)
- mistake
闕|阙[què]:
- Imperial city watchtower (old)
- fault
- deficiency

Details

Unicode code point: U+9619

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