阙 Pronounced Què Or Quē?

[Scoobyqueen]

In the following sentence is 阙 first or fourth tone?

一阙壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开

Cheers in advance.

[Hofmann]

I would think que1.

[Kenny同志]

It is què

Check it out at 汉典.

[Hofmann]

Why is 阙 so popular then?

[Kenny同志]

Why is 阙 so popular then?

It is阕, not 阙(a typo) and it isn't popular, rarely used actually, probably only used in 诗词-related stuff.

[Scoobyqueen]

It is not 阙(a typo) and it isn't popular, rarely used actually, probably only used in 诗词-related stuff.

Do you mean the paper made a typo in writing 阙? There are several other entries with the same sentence quoted in other sources.

[Kenny同志]

Do you mean the paper made a typo in writing 阙?

Yes, I do. Books published in the mainland are notorious for typos and piracy. The link in your quotation is wrong. Please check the edited version of my last comment.

[Scoobyqueen]

This came from an article from GMW I was reading yesterday. There are several other entries with the same typo. did they all get it wrong?

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[Kenny同志]

一阙壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开

In fact, 阙 should have been 首. 阕 is a measure word which refers to part of the 诗词 being discussed, but the sentence obviously refers to a complete epic.

did they all get it wrong?

Chinese media are 错字大王, kings of typos. I never trust them. Whenever I have doubts about a word, I turn to dictionaries or corpora. The three sources are the same. That means the editors didn't even take the trouble to have a glance at the report.

[Hofmann]

I was asking why Googling gives about 1000 hits for "一阙壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开" and 3 for "一阕壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开"

And 2 for "一首壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开"

[Kenny同志]

I was asking why Googling gives about 1000 hits for "一阙壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开" and 3 for "一阕壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开"

And 2 for "一首壮阔豪迈的史诗，在世人眼前展开"

There're so many hits because bad media are there. Fortunately, all do not follow the sheep. See 一首史诗, 438,000 hits, and 一阙史诗, 10 hits.

Of course, the number of hits doesn't necessarily justify the usage. Dicitonaries have the final say.