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尉迟 Yuchi — a rarer surname
64.2 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Yuchi |
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| Strokes | 18 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | compound surname |
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Where the surname comes from
An ancient Turkic noble surname, brought into China by the famous general Yuchi Gong.
What the character means
a person of rank and dignity
Why it scores this way
Easy to say92
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China38
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write60
18 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Yuchi Gong — Tang dynasty founding general (585–658), the fierce warrior of the Sui-Tang transition.
- Yuchi Jiong — A prominent general of Northern Zhou, he rebelled against Yang Jian but was defeated and killed.
- Yuchi Yiseng — A Tang dynasty painter from Khotan, famous for Buddhist murals, known as 'Lesser Yuchi' with his father.
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