孙武子 sūn wǔ zǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]
  2. also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]

CHARACTERS

孙 sūn
HSK 4
grandchild, descendent; surname
武 wǔ
HSK 5
military; martial, warlike
子 zǐ
HSK 1
offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch