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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 宫阙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
宫阙 gōng què - palace

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 80,551 59,240

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
宫 gōng- surname Gong
宫 gōng- palace
- temple
- castration (as corporal punishment)
- first note in pentatonic scale
阙 què- surname Que
阙 quē- used in place of 缺 (old)
- mistake
阙 què- Imperial city watchtower (old)
- fault
- deficiency

Other Words Containing 宫阙

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo