梅西叶

Traditional form:

梅西葉

Pinyin (reading):

Méixīyè

Definitions:

• Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

Characters:

• 梅 - plum; prune; surname
• 西 - west, western, westward
• 叶 - leaf, page; surname

Traditional characters:

• 梅 - plum; prune; surname
• 西 - west, western, westward
• 葉 - leaf, page; surname