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三国志 (さんごくし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

三さん国ごく志し

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Meanings

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Records of the Three Kingdoms

Refers specifically to the Chinese historical text compiled by Chen Shou in the 3rd century, covering the Three Kingdoms period.

三さん国ごく志しは、中ちゅう国ごくの歴れき史し書しょの中なかでも特とくに有

ゆう

名めい

です

。

The Records of the Three Kingdoms is especially famous among Chinese historical texts.

Kanji

三three
国country
志intention, plan, resolve

Don't confuse with

三さん国ごく志し演えん義ぎ
三国志 is the 3rd-century historical record compiled by Chen Shou, while 三国志演義 is the later 14th-century historical novel that dramatizes the same events and is often mistaken for it.

Etymology

From Chinese 三國志 / 三国志 (Sānguó Zhì), literally 'Records of the Three Kingdoms'.