开普勒

Traditional form:

開普勒

Pinyin (reading):

Kāipǔlè

Definitions:

• Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), German astronomer and formulator of Kepler's laws of planetary motion

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 普 - widespread, universal, general
• 勒 - to strangle; to tighten

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 普 - widespread, universal, general
• 勒 - to strangle; to tighten