DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

韋達

简韦达 · 繁韋達

Mandarin · pinyin Wéi dá

François Viète (1540-1603), French mathematician, father of modern algebraic notation

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

韋: Look up this written character
達: Look up this written character
韦: wéi · tanned leather; surname; simplified form of Kangxi radical 178
达: dá · arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–2 · Wei2 da2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links1same-tone record

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

韋達 · find source passages ↗ · 韦达 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗