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闋

简阕 · 繁闋

Mandarin · pinyin què

(literary) to end; to stop
one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 詞 cí
classifier for songs or ci poems

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闋: Look up this written character
阕: què · close, shut; watch tower

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4 · que4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kyut3

Cantonese word readings for 闋. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary) to stop; to end
Classifier for songs, poems, etc.
Classifier for stanzas of a poem.

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