闕 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「門」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「門」
- On
- ケツ
- Kun
- か.ける
- Meaning
- to lack; the palace gate
Origin
Gate 門 with 欮 as phonetic: the gate of a palace; by extension, to be lacking.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 闕如けつじょ
lacking; absent
- 宮闕きゅうけつ
the imperial palace
Example
証拠が闕如している。
The evidence is lacking.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)