闋

闋 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓弓人大 (ANNOK), four-corner 7743₁, composition ⿵門癸)

1. cease, end, exhaust, stop
2. word, turn, gap

• 𦘍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1339, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41430
• Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4311, character 2
• Unihan data for U+95CB

闋

1. (literary) to stop; to end

   • 有司告以樂闋，王乃命公侯伯子男及群吏曰：「反！養老幼於東序。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有司告以乐阕，王乃命公侯伯子男及群吏曰：「反！养老幼于东序。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Yǒu sī gào yǐ yuè què, wáng nǎi mìng gōng hóu bó zǐ nán jí qún lì yuē: “Fǎn! Yǎng lǎoyòu yú dōng xù.” [Pinyin]

     The officers having announced that the music was over, the king then charged the dukes, marquises, earls, counts, and barons, with all the officers, saying, "Return, and nourish the aged and the young in your eastern schools."

2. Classifier for songs, poems, etc.

   • 無暇在鬧市裡停半分鐘聽一闋歌 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     无暇在闹市里停半分钟听一阕歌 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2018, 許廷鏗 (Alfred Hui), 停半分鐘聽一闋歌 (Spare A Listen)

     mou⁴ haa⁶ zoi⁶ naau⁶ si⁵ leoi⁵ ting⁴ bun³ fan¹ zung¹ ting¹ jat¹ kyut³ go¹ [Jyutping]

     Too busy in the downtown to spare half a minute to listen to a song

3. Classifier for stanzas of a poem.

Often mistakenly written as 闕／阙 (què).

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. close
2. shut
3. watch-tower
4. rest

• On (unclassified): けつ (ketsu); けち (kechi); けい (kei); け (ke)
• Kun: とじる (tojiru)

闋 • (gyeol) (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)

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