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巫 Wu — a rarer surname
72.3 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Wu |
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| Strokes | 7 |
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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 'shaman', from the ancient office of ritual healer.
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 China38
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write85
7 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Wu Xian — Legendary shaman of the Shang dynasty, credited with great knowledge.
- Wu Peng — Legendary ancient Chinese shaman-physician, regarded as one of the earliest medical practitioners in Chinese mythology.
- Wu Hung — Chinese-American art historian, professor at the University of Chicago, renowned for studies on ancient Chinese art and visual culture.
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