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司徒 Situ — a rarer surname

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Where the surname comes from

A surname from the ancient office of 'Minister of Education', one of the Three Excellencies.

What the character means

One who presides with order

Theme basis：司徒 = a Zhou-era office (minister)

Why it scores this way

Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.

Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.

15 strokes — a little practice and it flows.

People who carried this name

• Situ Yin — —
• Situ Meitang — Chinese-American community leader in the US, supported Sun Yat-sen's revolution and later served as a prominent overseas Chinese patriotic figure.
• Situ Qiao — Chinese painter known for realistic and socially engaged art, active in the early 20th century, including works depicting wartime suffering.

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