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Mandarin · pinyin Jī xīn gé

Henry Kissinger (1923–2023), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973–1977

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基: jī · foundation, base
辛: xīn · bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem; Kangxi radical 160
格: gé · pattern, standard, form; style

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a transliteration of the German or English surname Kissinger
a transliteration of the German surname Kiesinger

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