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關東地震

简关东地震 · 繁關東地震

Mandarin · pinyin Guān dōng dì zhèn

Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area

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關: Look up this written character
東: dōng · east, eastern, eastward
地: de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
震: zhèn · shake, quake, tremor; excite; trigram ☳; hexagram ䷲
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation
东: dōng · east, eastern, eastward

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1–1–4–4 · Guan1 dong1 di4 zhen4

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gwaan1 dung1 dei6 zan3

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