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曲 Qu — a rarer surname
68.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Qu |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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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 'melody', from the ancient state of Qu.
What the character means
The beauty of music and graceful rhythm
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is q, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China44
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Qu Bo — Novelist (1923–2002), author of the classic Tracks in the Snowy Forest.
- Qu Huanzhang — Chinese pharmacist and founder of Yunnan Baiyao, a renowned traditional medicine for hemostasis.
- Qu Geping — Chinese environmental scientist and pioneer of China's environmental protection movement.
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