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厉 Li — a rarer surname
73.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Li |
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| Strokes | 5 |
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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 'strict', from the ancient state of Li.
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 China35
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write95
5 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Li Yining — Economist (1930–2023), 'father of China's stock market reform'.
- Li E — Qing dynasty poet and writer, representative of the Zhexi Ci poetry school, author of Fanzhe Shanfang Ji.
- Li Huiliang — Renowned Peking opera performer, famous for wusheng (martial male) roles, considered a master of the genre.
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