闕
Readings
                Kana: 
                ケツ、か.ける
            
                    
                Romaji: 
                ketsu, ka.keru
            
            Meanings
        lack, gap, fail, imperial palace
    
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
            Stroke Count: 
            18
        
        
            Radical Number: 
            169
        
        
            Frequency: 
            
        
        
            Grade: 
            
        
        
            Skip Pattern: 
            3-8-10
        
                    
                Korean Reading: 
                gweol
            
                            
                Chinese Reading: 
                que1
            
                
            Unicode: 
            95d5
        
        
            JIS: 
            6F6D
        
    Indexes
Nelson Index: 4972
                            New Nelson Index: 6417
                                                                Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8e10.3
                                                                Four Corner Index: 7748.2
                                                                                                                                                    Daikanwanjiten Index: 41456
                                                                Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0766
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                欠く
            
            
                (かく)
            
        
        
            to chip; to nick; to break; to crack; to lack
        
    
            
                欠ける
            
            
                (かける)
            
        
        
            to be chipped; to be damaged; to be broken; to be lacking; to be missing; to be insufficient; to be short; to be deficient; to be negligent toward; (of the moon) to wane; to go into eclipse
        
    
            
                宮闕
            
            
                (きゅうけつ)
            
        
        
            Imperial palace
        
    
            
                闕所
            
            
                (けっしょ)
            
        
        
            confiscation of property (Edo period)
        
    
            
                闕腋の袍
            
            
                (けってきのほう)
            
        
        
            robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran
        
    
            
                欠け
            
            
                (かけ)
            
        
        
            fragment; splinter; wane (of the moon)
        
    
            
                帝闕
            
            
                (ていけつ)
            
        
        
            imperial palace gate; imperial palace
        
    
            
                欠望
            
            
                (けつぼう)
            
        
        
            disappointment; disillusion; resentment
        
    
            
                闕腋
            
            
                (けってき、けつえき)
            
        
        
            unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side; robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran