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显生宙

Xiǎn shēng zhòu

3-character word Traditional 顯生宙

What 显生宙 means

1. Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian {寒武纪|Hán wǔ jì}, c. 540m year ago

The characters in 显生宙

• 显xiǎnto make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 宙zhòueternity; (geology) eon