阙
quèquēQuè

watch tower

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

欮
欮 Sound component
jué uprising qi counterflow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

闕 watch tower Traditional

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

欮
欮 Sound component
jué uprising qi counterflow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwotkʷʰattower over gate
Zhengzhangkʰod
Unicodekiuæt

說文解字

門觀也。从門欮聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)