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汤 Tang — a top-100 surname
85.4 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Tang |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname linked to the founder of the Shang dynasty, King Tang.
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 China71
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Tang Xianzu — Ming dynasty playwright (1550–1616), author of The Peony Pavilion, China's greatest opera.
- Tang He — Ming dynasty founding general, Duke of Xinguo, loyal comrade of Zhu Yuanzhang, known for military achievements and prudent conduct.
- Tang Yongtong — Chinese philosopher and educator, pioneer in the study of Chinese Buddhism and Wei-Jin metaphysics, professor at Peking University.
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