三星堆

Traditional form:

三星堆

Pinyin (reading):

Sānxīngduī

Definitions:

• archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 星 - star, planet; a point of light
• 堆 - crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 星 - star, planet; a point of light
• 堆 - crowd, heap, pile, mass; to pile up; measure word for things in piles or stacks