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Sun Wukong
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wukong, Monkey, Monkey King, Wu-k'ung, Wu-kung, Wu Kong, Wu K'ung, Wu Kung
mythical character from Journey to the West
Key facts
- Species
- Monkey
- Gender
- Male
- Religion
- Buddhism , Confucianism and Taoism
- Birthplace
- Flowers and Fruit Mountain
- Source
- Journey to the West , c. 1592 (print)
- Ability
- Immortality, 72 Bian (Morphing Powers), Jin Dou Yun (Cloud Surfing), Jin Gang Bu Huai Zhi Shen (Superhuman Durability), Jin Jing Huo Yan (True Sight)
- Weapon
- Ruyi Jingu Bang /Ding Hai Shen Zhen
- Height
- 1.3m
- Master shifu
- Patriarch Subodhi , Tang Sanzang
via Wikipedia infobox
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Burmese name Burmeseစွန်းဝူခုံး IPA[mjaʊʔ mí̃] (Myouk Minn) Vietnamese name Vietnamese alphabetTôn Ngộ Không Chữ Hán孫悟空 Thai name Thaiซุนหงอคง RTGSSun Ngokhong Korean name Hangul손오공 Hanja孫悟空
Japanese name Kanji孫悟空 Hiraganaそん ごくう Katakanaソンゴクウ
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sun Wukong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.