夏洛克

Traditional form:

夏洛克

Pinyin (reading):

Xiàluòkè

Definitions:

• Shylock (in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)
• Sherlock (name)

Characters:

• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 洛 - a river in the Shanxi province; a city
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations

Traditional characters:

• 夏 - summer; the Xia or Hsia dynasty
• 洛 - a river in the Shanxi province; a city
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations