U+9619 "阙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
阙
U+9619 "阙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with rich historical and architectural significance. In its most common usage, it refers to a type of imposing gate tower or watchtower often found flanking the entrances of ancient Chinese palaces, temples, or tombs, serving both defensive and ceremonial purposes. The character can also mean a fault, deficiency, or absence, and in classical texts, it sometimes denotes the imperial court or a vacancy in an official position, deriving its meanings from the concept of something missing or a space. Its structure combines the gate radical 门 with the phonetic component 欮, reflecting its role as a term for monumental gates as well as a broader symbol of incompleteness or vacancy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9619 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 阙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 阙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x98 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9619 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009619 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9619 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 294960 |
| kCangjie | LSTUO |
| kCantonese | kyut3 |
| kDefinition | watch tower; palace |
| kEACC | 294960 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3748 |
| kGB0 | 6758 |
| kHanYu | 74314.040 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74314.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1343.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-635A |
| kTGH | 2013:5554 |
| kKangXi | 1343.121 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7067 |
| kMandarin | quē |
| kRSUnicode | 169'.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 310.170:quē 311.080:què |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "闕" U+95D5 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0950.070:quē 0951.020:què |