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闕 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「門」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 18 strokes ／ Radical「門」
On
ケツけつ · ketsu
Kun
か.けるka.keru
Meaning
to lack; the palace gate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Gate 門 with 欮 as phonetic: the gate of a palace; by extension, to be lacking.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 闕如けつじょ

    lacking; absent

  • 宮闕きゅうけつ

    the imperial palace

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

証拠(しょうこ)が闕如(けつじょ)している。

The evidence is lacking.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

闕如宮闕闕如like宮shrine閂the ba…閊to be…閔to gri…閘a wate…閧a war…孑alone孒mosqui…夬to dec…刔to gou…抉to gou…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 門Map of reading ケツAll maps

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