祖沖之 zǔ chōng zhī

Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician

Word data

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Definitions

  1. 1. Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician

Characters

Character Meaning
祖 zǔ HSK 6
ancestor; forefather; grandparents
沖 chōng
to rush; to go straight ahead; to clash
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it