Word Meaning 焚書坑儒

ふんしょこうじゅ funshokouju

焚書坑儒 is read as ふんしょこうじゅ (funshokouju) and means burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ふんしょこうじゅ

Romaji

funshokouju

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 45 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Yojijukugo Rank 157705 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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焚書

ふんしょ

book burning

坑儒

こうじゅ

burying Confucian scholars alive

焚く

たく

to use (a camera flash)

文書

ぶんじょ

document addressed to someone

図書館

ずしょかん

library

書籍

しょせき

book

図書

ずしょ

books

読書

とくしょ

reading (a book)

肩書

かたがき

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord)

縦書き

たてがき

writing vertically

後書き

あとがき

afterword

証書

しょうしょ

document (of proof)