康 有 为

Kāng Yǒu wéidictionary entry

Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898

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Original source entry:

康有為 康有为 [Kang1 You3 wei2] /Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898/

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Other forms in these source records: 康有為

康
kāng
healthy / peaceful / abundant
Kāng
surname Kang
有
yǒu
to have / there is / (bound form) having / with / -ful / -ed / -al (as in 有意[yǒu yì] intentional)
为
wéi
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
wèi
because of / for / to

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