荆轲 jīng kē

Jing Ke, famous assassin of First Emperor

Word data

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Definitions

  1. 1. Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor qín shǐ huáng)

Characters

Character Meaning
thorn; bramble; old name for the Chu state
given name of Mencius; see kǎn kě