ふん
しょ
こう
じゅ

noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ふん
しょ
こう
じゅ
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)