赫拉克利特

Traditional form:

赫拉克利特

Pinyin (reading):

Hèlākèlìtè

Definitions:

• Heraclitus (535-475 BC), pre-Socratic philosopher

Characters:

• 赫 - bright, radiant, glowing
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished

Traditional characters:

• 赫 - bright, radiant, glowing
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
• 特 - special, unique, distinguished