戊戌六君子 in English Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi3 Meaning

Meanings

  • the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]

Simplified Characters

戊 戌 六 君 子

Traditional Characters

戊 戌 六 君 子

Pinyin

Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

戊wu4fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] 戌xu1see 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 er5] 六liu4six 君jun1monarch 子zi5son