chéng què

Traditional: 城闕

城阙 (chéng què) is a Chinese word meaning “watchtower on either side of a city gate; (literary) city; imperial palace”.

Meanings

  1. 1watchtower on either side of a city gate
  2. 2(literary) city
  3. 3imperial palace

Characters in 城阙

城chéng · city walls阙quē · used in place of 缺 (old)

Related words

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