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康德

Mandarin · pinyin Kāng dé

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher

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康: kāng · peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy
德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue

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name · Etymology 1

a transliteration of the German surname Kant
Immanuel Kant (German philosopher)

name · Etymology 2

(historical) the Kangde era (a Chinese era name; the era of Puyi as emperor of the Japanese puppet state of the Empire of Manchuria (Manchukuo), from his enthronement upon its reestablishment as an empire in 1934 until its dissolution in 1945)

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