甲申政变 in English Jia3 shen1 zheng4 bian4 Meaning

Meanings

  • unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops

Simplified Characters

甲 申 政 变

Traditional Characters

甲 申 政 變

Pinyin

Jia3 shen1 zheng4 bian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

甲jia3first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] 申shen1old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] 政zheng4political 变bian4to change