笛卡儿

Traditional form:

笛卡兒

Pinyin (reading):

Díkǎ'ér

Definitions:

• René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論／方法论

Characters:

• 笛 - bamboo flute; whistle
• 卡 - card, punch card; calorie
• 儿 - son, child

Traditional characters:

• 笛 - bamboo flute; whistle
• 卡 - card, punch card; calorie
• 兒 - son, child