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祖冲之

Zǔ chōng zhī

3-character word Traditional 祖沖之

What 祖冲之 means

1. Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician

The characters in 祖冲之

• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 冲chōng(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her

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