焚書坑儒ふんしょこうじゅ

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English definition

1. burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

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Kanji

• 焚burn; kindle; build a fire; boil; cookフン、ホン、ハン / た.く、や.く、やきがり · 12 strokes焚く焚き火焚き焚い焚火焚書焚き付け焚か
• 書writeショ / か.く、-が.き、-がき · 10 strokes書い書書か書く書き書籍文書図書館
• 坑pit; holeコウ · 7 strokes坑道廃坑坑炭坑坑夫斜坑ひ押し坑道入坑
• 儒Confucianジュ · 16 strokes儒教儒学俗儒儒儒仏儒墨儒学界儒学者

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