WordTaiwan frequency #19,266

楊逵

yáng kuí·ㄧㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄟˊ

“Yang Kui (1906–1985): Taiwanese novelist and social activist; prominent realist writer of the Japanese colonial period; imprisoned for political dissent under both Japanese and KMT rule”

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楊

yáng·ㄧㄤˊ

Poplar tree; surname Yang; referring to the philosopher Yang Zhu and his school of thought.

逵

kuí·ㄎㄨㄟˊ

A broad, well-traveled road or thoroughfare; a crossroads; a navigable channel in water.