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康 Kang — a top-100 surname
78.2 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Kang |
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| Strokes | 11 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Virtue & peace |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'health', from the Zhou dynasty's Kang state.
What the character means
well-being and peace
Theme basis：康 = health, wellbeing
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 China69
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write65
11 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Kang Youwei — Qing dynasty reformer (1858–1927), leader of the Hundred Days' Reform.
- Kang Hai — Ming dynasty literati, one of the Seven Early Masters, famed for prose and drama.
- Kang Keqing — Chinese communist revolutionary, wife of Marshal Zhu De, advocate for women's rights.
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