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Kanji Detail for 闋 - "close gate, stop, empty"

  • Meaning

    闋 means "close gate, stop, empty."

    1. Close gate - To shut a door.

    2. Stop - To cease; to end.

    3. Empty - Hollow; vacant.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    close; shut; watch-tower; rest

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    close, shut; watch tower

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (literary) to end; to stop; one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 詞|词[ci2]; classifier for songs or ci poems

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Finished. As in when mourning garments are completely finished, it is called 服闕. | Ended. When music ends, it is called 樂闋. Found in the Book of Rites. Therefore one song or lyric is also called 一闋 (one stanza).
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