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古 Gu — a rarer surname
78.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Gu |
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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 'ancient', from the ancient state of Gu, associated with the novelist Gu Long.
What the character means
timeless and classical
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 write95
5 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Gu Long — Wuxia novelist (1938–1985), author of the Legend of the Condor Heroes' rival works.
- Gu Hua — Chinese writer, author of 'Hibiscus Town', winner of Mao Dun Literature Prize. Born in Hunan, his works reflect rural life.
- Gu Yingfen — Chinese politician, a founder of the Kuomintang, served as Finance Minister of the Nationalist government in the 1920s.
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