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曹 Cao — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Cao |
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| Strokes | 11 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname of the warlord Cao Cao and many poets of the Three Kingdoms era.
What the character means
Talented and outstanding
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 China84
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write65
11 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Cao Cao — Three Kingdoms statesman and poet (155–220), founder of Wei, renowned strategist.
- Cao Xueqin — Qing dynasty novelist, author of Dream of the Red Chamber, one of China's four great classical novels.
- Cao Zhi — Cao Cao's son, famed poet of the Three Kingdoms period, known for the seven-step poem.
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