關羽 guān yǔ

Guan Yu, Shu general; later god of war

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
  2. 2. posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama

Characters

Character Meaning
關 guān
to close; to shut; to turn off
羽 yǔ HSK 4
feather; 5th note in pentatonic scale