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jmdict 2603610 Active (id: 1054852)
孔夫子
こうふうし
1. [n] [hon]
▶ Confucius
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1277810 孔子 1. Confucius



History:
2. A 2010-12-27 20:34:35  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -8,1 +8,1 @@
-<reb>こうふし</reb>
+<reb>こうふうし</reb>
@@ -13,1 +13,2 @@
-<gloss>Confucious</gloss>
+<misc>&hon;</misc>
+<gloss>Confucius</gloss>
1. A* 2010-12-27 13:12:03  Hendrik
  Refs:
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?
page=worddict&wdrst=1&wdqtm=0&wdqcham=1&wdqt=孔子
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
http://et.winelib.com/wiki/Kong_Fuzi
and many other sites
  Comments:
Have you never wondered why in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc., 
the man's name has two parts (characters/sounds), while in many languages - for example, in German ("Kon-fu-zius"), in English ("Kung-fu-tse", 
colloquially ""Con-fu-cious"), in Arabic "كونفوشيوس" (="Kon'fúshiús" as you can 
confirm at http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-
demo.html), or in Turkish ("Konfüçyüs") - it has three parts? Well, methinks 
this dictionary should have both versions... :-)

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