丰臣

豐臣

Fēngchén

proper noun #31,510

Meanings

1 Toyotomi (Japanese surname; most prominently Toyotomi Hideyoshi 丰臣秀吉, the warlord who unified Japan in the late 16th century)

About Toyotomi Hideyoshi

1537–1598 · 政治家 politician

Japanese warlord of peasant birth who completed the unification of Japan in 1590. His invasions of Korea in 1592 and 1597 were fought off by Korean and Ming Chinese forces.

Also called 丰臣秀吉

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Examples

HSK 7-9

丰臣秀吉是日本战国时代的霸主。

Fēngchén Xiùjí shì Rìběn Zhànguó shídài de bàzhǔ.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the overlord of Japan's Sengoku era.

HSK 7-9

丰臣家在大坂之战后灭亡。

Fēngchén jiā zài Dàbǎn zhī zhàn hòu mièwáng.

The Toyotomi clan was destroyed after the Siege of Osaka.

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history

The surname 丰臣 did not exist before him: the imperial court created it for 羽柴秀吉 (Hashiba Hideyoshi) in 1586. With 织田信长 (Oda Nobunaga) and 德川家康 (Tokugawa Ieyasu) he is one of Japan's 'Three Unifiers'.

usage

Japanese names written in kanji are not transliterated: Chinese simply reads the characters in Mandarin, so 豊臣 (Toyotomi) becomes 丰臣, just as Takeda is 武田 and Tanaka is 田中.

Stroke Order

丰 fēng

臣 chén

丰臣