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傅 Fu — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Fu |
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| Strokes | 12 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname of ancient origin, with figures in science, medicine and the arts.
What the character means
A guiding teacher or assistant
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 China78
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write60
12 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Fu Shan — Ming-Qing calligrapher and physician (1607–1684), renowned for his medical skill.
- Fu Lei — Renowned Chinese translator, known for his French literature translations and the influential book of letters, 'Fu Lei's Family Letters.'
- Fu Baoshi — Master of modern Chinese painting, co-creator of the iconic work 'Such a Beauty of Our Mountains and Rivers.'
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