金九

Jīnjiǔ

proper noun

Meanings

1 Kim Gu (1876-1949), Korean independence leader, president of the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai and Chongqing

Characters

surname Kim/Jin; gold

nine (given name Gu)

Examples

HSK 4

金九是大韩民国临时政府的主席。

Jīnjiǔ shì Dàhán Mínguó Línshí Zhèngfǔ de zhǔxí.

Kim Gu was president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.

HSK 4

他长期在中国领导朝鲜独立运动。

Tā chángqī zài Zhōngguó lǐngdǎo Cháoxiǎn dúlì yùndòng.

He led the Korean independence movement from China for many years.

Tips

history

Operating from Shanghai's French Concession and later Chongqing under KMT protection, Kim Gu organized the 1932 Hongkou Park bombing that killed Japanese officers. Assassinated in Seoul in 1949. His memoir 《白凡逸志》 (Paekpŏm Ilchi) is a Korean classic.

Stroke Order

金 jīn

九 jiǔ