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伍 Wu — a rarer surname
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| Pinyin | Wu |
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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 of loyalty; Wu Zixu's story of vengeance is a classic Chinese legend.
What the character means
united, harmonious
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 China39
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
- Wu Zixu — Spring and Autumn strategist (559–484 BC), famous for his revenge and wisdom.
- Wu Lien-teh — Malaysian-born Chinese physician and epidemiologist, pioneer of plague prevention, led the fight against the 1910 Manchurian plague.
- Wu Tingfang — Late Qing and early Republic diplomat and jurist, served as Minister to the United States and Foreign Minister of the Republic.
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