焚書

ふんしょ

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive book burning

Kanji

• 焚 kindle. Read as フン.
• 書 write. Read as ショ.

Words containing 焚書

• 焚書坑儒 (ふんしょこうじゅ) burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)

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