北京核武器研究所

Traditional form:

北京核武器研究所

Pinyin (reading):

Běijīnghéwǔqìyánjiūsuǒ

Definitions:

• Nuclear Weapon Institute in Beijing

Characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 京 - capital city
• 核 - core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
• 武 - military; martial, warlike
• 器 - device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
• 研 - to grind, to rub; to study, to research
• 究 - to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause

Traditional characters:

• 北 - north; northern; northward
• 京 - capital city
• 核 - core, kernel; nut, seed; atom
• 武 - military; martial, warlike
• 器 - device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
• 研 - to grind, to rub; to study, to research
• 究 - to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause