ふん
焚
しょ
書
こう
坑
じゅ
儒

noun

Messages.yoji, messages.hist.
  1. burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ふん
焚
しょ
書
こう
坑
じゅ
儒
 焚書坑儒 ふんしょこうじゅ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

burn, kindle, build a fire
た.く　フン　ホン (Kentei Pre-1)
grove, forest
リン　はやし　し (1st, N2)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
fire
ひ　カ　ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
write
か.く　ショ　-がき (2nd, N5)
brush, finally, self
イチ　イツ　ふで (Kentei 1)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
pit, hole
コウ (8th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
high spirits
コウ　たかぶる (Kentei 1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)
Confucian
ジュ (9th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
demand, request, need
ジュ (7th, N1)
rain
あめ　あま-　ウ (1st, N5)
and yet, and then, but
ジ　ニ　しこ.うして (Kentei Pre-1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)