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伊 Yi — a rarer surname
76.4 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Yi |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname associated with the great Shang dynasty minister Yi Yin.
What the character means
elegant, charming
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 China46
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Yi Yin — Shang dynasty founding minister (c.17th century BC), the 'father of cooking'.
- Yi Zhi — Yi Zhi, a Shang dynasty minister, son of Yi Yin, served King Tai Wu and was renowned for his wise governance.
- Yi Bingshou — Yi Bingshou, a Qing dynasty calligrapher and painter, famous for his clerical script style, served as a prefect in Huizhou.
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