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Usage of the character 阙

Quē
[闕]
  • surname Que
quē
[闕]
  • used in place of 缺 (old)
  • mistake
què
[闕]
  • Imperial city watchtower (old)
  • fault
  • deficiency
jīnquè
金阙
[金闕]
  • the imperial palace
chéngquè
城阙
[城闕]
  • watchtower on either side of a city gate
  • (literary) city
  • imperial palace
bǔquē
补阙
[補闕]
  • old variant of 補缺/补缺 (bǔquē)
gōngquè
宫阙
[宮闕]
  • palace
yìquē
诣阙
[詣闕]
  • to go to the palace to see the emperor
Quētèqín
阙特勤
[闕特勤]
  • Kul Tigin or Kultegin (685-c. 731), general of the Second Turkic Kaganate