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清太宗

Mandarin · pinyin Qīng Tài zōng

posthumous title of Hong Taiji 皇太極 Huáng Tài jí (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤 Nǔ ěr hā chì, reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金 Hòu Jīn, then founded the Qing dynasty 大清 Dà Qīng and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor

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清: qīng · clear, pure, clean; peaceful
太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
宗: zōng · lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan

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1–4–1 · Qing1 Tai4 zong1

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