曲阜市

Traditional form:

曲阜市

Pinyin (reading):

Qūfù Shì

Definitions:

• Qufu, hometown of Confucius 孔子 ( Kǒngzǐ), now a county-level city in Jining 濟寧市／济宁市 ( Jǐníng Shì), Shandong

Characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 阜 - mound; abundant, ample, numerous
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade

Traditional characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 阜 - mound; abundant, ample, numerous
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade