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周作人

Mandarin · pinyin Zhōu Zuò rén

Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅 Lǔ Xùn, academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution

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周: zhōu · Zhou dynasty; circumference
作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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1–4–2 · Zhou1 Zuo4 ren2

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