Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 阙


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Meaning

fault, deficiency, mistake

Pronunciation

quē, què

Explanation

Outside: gate / 門, inside: disobedient (A plant's shoot that grows crooked has a lack and is disobediant.)

Mnemonic

(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.

Radicals

gate(Simplified from 門, which shows a gate with two wings.)
disobedient
lack, yawn
sprout
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Vocabulary

诣阙 yì quē to go to the palace to see the emperor
补阙拾遗 bǔ quē shí yí to compensate for shortage and leakage


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