安重根

Traditional form:

安重根

Pinyin (reading):

An Zhònggēn

Definitions:

• An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文 ( Yīténg Bówén) in 1909

Characters:

• 安 - peaceful, tranquil, quiet
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 根 - root, basis, foundation

Traditional characters:

• 安 - peaceful, tranquil, quiet
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 根 - root, basis, foundation