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CONFUCIUS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: History

Pronounced: kən-FYOO-shəs (English)   [key]

Anglicized form of the Chinese name Kong Fu Zi. The surname Kong means "hole, opening", the generation name Fu means "man, husband", and the given name Zi means "son". This was the name of a 6th-century BC Chinese philosopher.
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