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阕

què

Character Traditional 闋

What 阕 means

1. literaryto end; to stop
2. one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem {词|cí}
3. classifier for songs or ci poems

Sounds the same

Read què, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 却but; yet; however
• 确authenticated; solid; firm
• 雀(bound form) small bird; sparrow; also pr. qiǎo
• 鹊magpie
• 阙Imperial city watchtower (old); fault; deficiency
• 榷footbridge; toll, levy; monopoly
• 芍used in 芍陂
• 悫honest
• 碻solid; firm
• 埆(of land) barren; stony
• 塙truly
• 搉consult; knock; beat

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