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华 Hua — a rarer surname
76.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Hua |
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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 meaning 'splendid', from the ancient state of Hua, associated with the physician Hua Tuo.
What the character means
Radiance and brilliance — talent that shines.
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 China47
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
- Hua Tuo — Eastern Han physician (c.145–208), pioneer of anesthesia with mafeisan.
- Hua Luogeng — Chinese mathematician renowned for contributions to number theory, including significant results in the Goldbach conjecture.
- Hua Guofeng — Chinese politician who succeeded Mao Zedong as Party Chairman and Premier, playing a key role in the transition after Mao's death.
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