阙
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 闕RegularTraditional
- 阙SimplifiedToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
quē as in 补阙 que1
- used in place of 缺 (old)
- mistake
què as in 金阙 que4
- Imperial city watchtower (old)
- fault
- deficiency
Què as in 金阙 que4
- surname Que
Words with 阙
- 金阙jīnquèthe imperial palace
- 城阙chéngquèwatchtower on either side of a city gate
- 宫阙gōngquèpalace
- 阙特勤QuètèqínKul Tigin or Kultegin (685–c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Khaganate