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三国志 (さんごくし, sangokushi) 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'.