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弗雷德里克

Mandarin · pinyin Fú léi dé lǐ kè

Frederick (name)

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弗: fú · not, negative
雷: léi · thunder
德: dé · ethics, morality, virtue
里: lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
克: kè · gram; overcome; transliteration

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2–2–2–3–4 · Fu2 lei2 de2 li3 ke4

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name

a transliteration of the English surname and male given name Frederick or Friedrich
a transliteration of the English male given name Frederic
a transliteration of the French male given name Frédéric

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