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曾 Zeng — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Zeng |
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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 traced to Confucius' disciple Zeng Shen, emphasizing filial piety and learning.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is z, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China92
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
- Zeng Guofan — Late Qing statesman and general (1811–1872), leader of the Xiang Army and scholar.
- Zeng Shen — Disciple of Confucius, known as Zengzi, a prominent Confucian philosopher and exemplar of filial piety.
- Zeng Gong — Northern Song dynasty essayist and poet, one of the Eight Great Prose Masters of Tang and Song.
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