Character: 闕
Modern (Beijing) reading: quē què
Preclassic Old Chinese: khʷat
Classic Old Chinese: khwat
Western Han Chinese: khwat
Eastern Han Chinese: khwat
Early Postclassic Chinese: khwat
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwǝt
Late Postclassic Chinese: khwǝt
Middle Chinese: khwǝt
English meaning : look-out tower over gate; a hole
Russian meaning[s]: недоставать; лакуна; пропуск; вакансия; оставить пустым, пропустить; [què] 1) ворота дворца; дворец; перен. император; 2) сторожевая вышка; 3) Цюе (фамилия)
Comments: Also used for a homonymous *khʷat 'shortcoming, defect, defective'.
Radical: 169
Four-angle index: 3424
Karlgren code: 0301 h
