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蔣介石

简蒋介石 · 繁蔣介石

Mandarin · pinyin Jiǎng Jiè shí

Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), military leader, head of the Nationalist government in China 1928-1949 and the government in exile on Taiwan 1950-1975

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介: jiè · forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor
石: shí · stone, rock, mineral; Kangxi radical 112
蒋: jiǎng · surname; Hydropyrum latifolium

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3–4–2 · Jiang3 Jie4 shi2

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