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龚 Gong — a top-100 surname
79.3 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Gong |
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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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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'respect', from the ancient Gong state.
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 China72
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
- Gong Zizhen — Qing dynasty poet and thinker (1792–1841), famous for the line 'I urge the heavenly lord to revive his vigour'.
- Gong Xian — Late Ming and early Qing painter, one of the 'Eight Masters of Nanjing', known for ink landscapes and poetry.
- Gong Dingzi — Late Ming and early Qing poet and official, one of the 'Three Masters of Jiangdong', famous for ci poetry.
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