1. 阙

阙

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  1. 阙 is the 3446th most frequent character.
  2. 阙 has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. 阙 appears as a character in 2 words.
  4. 阙 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
阙 => 门, 欮
Radical :
阙 => 门 (gate), 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 屮 (sprout), 欠 (yawn)
Graphical :
阙 => 丶, 丨, ㇆, 丷, 一, 丨, 凵, ⺈, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Que1 - surname Que
  2. que1 - used in place of 缺 (old)/mistake
  3. que4 - Imperial city watchtower (old)/fault/deficiency

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 阙 (que1): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 阙 (que4): The component 欠 is pronounced as 'qian4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

宫阙 (宮闕)
阙 (闕)

Medium Frequency

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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