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彭 Peng — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Peng |
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| Strokes | 12 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname with mythological roots (Peng Zu, the legendary long-liver), common in Hunan and Jiangxi.
What the character means
great and powerful
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 China82
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write60
12 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Peng Dehuai — Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974), commander in the Korean War.
- Peng Pai — Chinese revolutionary leader of the Peasant Movement, founder of the Haifeng-Lufeng Soviet, executed by the Kuomintang in 1929.
- Peng Zhen — Senior Chinese Communist leader, served as Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, key figure in legal and political affairs.
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