阙 què quē

watch tower; palace

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DEFINITIONS

阙 què
  • Imperial city watchtower (old)
  • fault
  • deficiency
阙 quē
  • surname Que
  • used in place of 缺 (old)
  • mistake

STROKES

WORDS

城阙 chéng què watchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace
宫阙 gōng què palace
补阙 bǔ quē old variant of 補缺|补缺[bu3 que1]
诣阙 yì quē to go to the palace to see the emperor
金阙 jīn què the imperial palace
阙特勤 quē tè qín Kul Tigin or Kultegin (685-c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Kaganate
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