91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft
trad. 巫蠱之禍
Also written 巫蠱之禍【wū gǔ zhī huò】
Characters in this word
4巫
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surname Wu, also pr. [Wu2]
- Pinyin
- Wū
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 39070 of 2500
蛊
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arch. legendary venomous insect, to poison, to bewitch, to drive to insanity, to harm by witchcraft, intestinal parasite
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Traditional
- 蠱
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 24773 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
祸
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old variant of 禍|祸[huo4]
- Pinyin
- huò
- Traditional
- 旤
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 12906 of 2500