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卜 Bu — a rarer surname
76.9 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Bu |
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| Strokes | 2 |
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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 ancient diviners — 'bu' means to divine by oracle.
What the character means
oracle, divination, wise choice
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 China40
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write100
2 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Bu Shang — Disciple of Confucius (507–400 BC), a noted teacher of the classics.
- Bu Shi — Western Han official known for donating his wealth to support frontier defense, later serving as imperial censor and minister.
- Bu Tianzhang — Yuan dynasty official celebrated for integrity and effective governance, noted for famine relief and judicial fairness.
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