Kim Ku, photo 1 of 3
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Kim Gu in 1949
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임시정부 경무국장 김구
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사진2(김구선생과 윤봉길)
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한인애국단 본부(안공근 집) 상하이시 황푸구 황푸난루 863
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金九

Jīn Jiǔ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Kim Gu, Korean independence leader, president of the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai and Chongqing

About Kim Ku

1876–1949 · 革命家 revolutionary

Korean independence leader who spent 1919 to 1945 in exile in China, organised the 1932 Hongkou Park bombing in Shanghai against Japanese officers, and was shot dead in Seoul in 1949. His government's old offices in Shanghai are a museum.

Also called  白凡

Examples

HSK 5
Jīn Jiǔ shì Dàhán Mínguó Línshí Zhèngfǔ de zhǔxí.
Kim Gu was president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
HSK 5
Jīn Jiǔ chángqī zài Zhōngguó lǐngdǎo Cháoxiǎn dúlì yùndòng.
Kim Gu led the Korean independence movement from China for many years.

Tips

history
He chose plain names on purpose: in prison in 1912 he took the name 金九, 九 being simply 'nine', and his art name 白凡 means 'ordinary person', a sign that anyone could fight for independence. His memoir is 《白凡逸志》.

Stroke Order

金 jīn
九 jiǔ