道尔顿

Traditional form:

道爾頓

Pinyin (reading):

Dào'ěrdùn

Definitions:

• Dalton (name)
• John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory

Characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 尔 - you; that, those; final particle
• 顿 - to pause; to bow; to arrange

Traditional characters:

• 道 - method, way; path, road
• 爾 - you; that, those; final particle
• 頓 - to pause; to bow; to arrange