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關羽

简关羽 · 繁關羽

Mandarin · pinyin Guān Yǔ

Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama

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關: Look up this written character
羽: yǔ · feather, plume; wings; Kangxi radical 124
关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation

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1–3 · Guan1 Yu3

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gwaan1 jyu5

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