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宋 Song — a top-40 surname
88.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Song |
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| Strokes | 7 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Dynasty heritage |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname linked to the ancient state of Song and the Song dynasty itself.
What the character means
A legacy of culture and stability
Theme basis：宋 = the Song dynasty
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China84
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write85
7 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Song Ci — Southern Song forensic expert (1186–1249), author of the world's earliest forensic manual.
- Song Yu — Ancient Chinese poet of the Chu state, celebrated for fu prose-poems, often paired with Qu Yuan.
- Song Yingxing — Ming Dynasty scientist, author of Tiangong Kaiwu, an encyclopedia of technology.
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