A surname common in southern China, associated with beauty and literary grace.
What the character means
Elegance and virtue like Pan An
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 China66
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write45
15 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
Pan Jinlian — Fictional beauty in the Ming novel Water Margin — a famous literary figure.
Pan An — Western Jin dynasty poet and writer, famed for his extraordinary beauty and literary talent, often called the most handsome man in ancient China.
Pan Tianshou — Prominent 20th-century Chinese painter and art educator, known for innovative ink paintings and as president of the China Academy of Art.