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    3. 孔子

    孔子

    孔こう子し

    Confucius

    KMT9News #25+1NounHistoryReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab7 strokes

    こうしくじ

    Noun

    1.
    Confucius
    full name of a particular person

    Stroke 0 / 7

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    孔こう子しは中ちゅう国ごくの思し想そう家かです。

    Confucius is a Chinese philosopher.

    KMT6HistoryReligion & Philosophy
    孔こう子しの教おしえは、東ひがしアジアの文ぶん化かに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。

    Confucius's teachings had a great influence on East Asian culture.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    論ろん語ごには、孔こう子しの言こと葉ばや思し想そうがまとめられている。

    The Analects compile the words and thoughts of Confucius.

    KMT9HistoryLiterature
    孔こう子しは紀きげん元ぜんせい前きごろ6世 紀 頃 に生いきたとされる。

    Confucius is believed to have lived around the 6th century BC.

    KMT9History
    孔こう子しの儒じゅ教きょう思し想そうは、教きょう育いくや倫りん理りの基き盤ばんとなった。

    Confucius's Confucian thought became the foundation of education and ethics.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    孔
    あな…(3)
    cavity・hole・slit・very・great…(1)
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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