# 闕

| 闕 | U+95D5, &#38357; 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 7748$_2$, composition ⿵門欮)

#### Derived characters

* 灍, 𭬸, 𥗮, 𬘒, 𨇮

#### Related characters

* 阙 (Simplified Chinese)

#### 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

* 闕姓

### Glyph origin

| | 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 (que$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: què
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyuè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻüeh$^4$
*** Yale: chywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueh
*** Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kyut$^3$
*** Yale: kyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: küd$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰyːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (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/
* Middle Chinese: khjwot
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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | que |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hyut$^3$ |
* 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
* a watchtower that flanked both sides of a palace's gates in ancient times
* palace
* a surname

#### See also

* 宮／宫 (gōng), 殿 (diàn), 宸 (chén)
* (not to be confused with) 闋／阕 (què)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): quē (que$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: quē
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyue
*** Wade–Giles: chʻüeh$^1$
*** Yale: chywē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiue
*** Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kyut$^3$
*** Yale: kyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: küd$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰyːt̚³/
* Middle Chinese: khjwot
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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | que |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hyut$^3$ |
* 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
* fault; error; mistake
* (archaic, ancient southwestern China) (supposition/tentative/presumed only) to tuck (in or behind)
    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 (xuánquè)
* 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 (bǔquē)
* 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
* 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: こち (kochi)
* Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)
* Kun: もん (mon, 闕)、かける (kakeru, 闕ける)、のぞく (nozoku, 闕く)

### References

* “闕”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

## 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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