黄巾起义

Traditional form:

黃巾起義

Pinyin (reading):

Huángjīn Qǐyì

Definitions:

• Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)

Characters:

• 黄 - yellow; surname
• 巾 - cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 义 - right conduct, propriety; justice

Traditional characters:

• 黃 - yellow; surname
• 巾 - cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
• 義 - right conduct, propriety; justice