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尹 Yin — a top-100 surname
88.4 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Yin |
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| Strokes | 4 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'governor', one of the oldest official titles in Chinese history.
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 China72
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write100
4 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Yin Zhongkan — —
- Yin Xi — Gatekeeper of Hangu Pass in Spring and Autumn period, invited Laozi to write the Tao Te Ching. Revered as a Taoist sage.
- Yin Wen — Philosopher of Warring States period, representative of the School of Names, author of Yin Wenzi.
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