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崔 Cui — a top-100 surname
70.3 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Cui |
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| Strokes | 11 |
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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 from the ancient state of Qi, one of the most prominent families in Chinese history.
What the character means
Tall and majestic like a mountain.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is c, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China68
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write65
11 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Cui Hao — Tang dynasty poet (704–754), author of the famous 'Yellow Crane Tower' poem.
- Cui Hu — Tang dynasty poet known for the verse 'Last year today, from this gate…', a celebrated piece about unfulfilled love.
- Cui Bai — Northern Song painter famed for vivid flower-and-bird paintings, breaking the dominant palace style of his era.
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