闕

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What 闕 means

surname Que; used in place of 缺 (old); mistake; Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency

Pictophonetic: semantic 門 (gate), phonetic 欮

Made of 門 + 欮

Words with 闕

• 宮闕gōng quèpalace
• 金闕jīn quèthe imperial palace
• 詣闕yì què(old) to go to the palace to see the emperor; (old) to go to the capital
• 城闕chéng quèwatchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace
• 補闕bǔ quēold variant of 补缺
• 闕特勤què tè qínKul Tigin or Kultegin (685–c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Khaganate

Characters that sound like 闕

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