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喻 Yu — a rarer surname
64.7 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Yu |
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| Strokes | 12 |
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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 'to explain', from the ancient state of Yu.
What the character means
understanding and insight
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 write60
12 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Yu Qian — Ming dynasty minister (1398–1457), defender of Beijing against Mongol siege.
- Yu Hao — Northern Song architect, author of 'Mujing', designer of the timber pagoda at Kaibao Temple in Kaifeng.
- Yu Peilun — Late Qing revolutionary martyr, notable participant in the Guangzhou Uprising of 1911, one of the 72 Martyrs.
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