拉瓦锡

Traditional form:

拉瓦錫

Pinyin (reading):

Lāwǎxī

Definitions:

• Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry

Characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 锡 - tin; to bestow, to confer

Traditional characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 錫 - tin; to bestow, to confer