A surname meaning 'cassia', a tree of auspiciousness.
What the character means
osmanthus — sweet fragrance and honor
Classical source:《楚辞·九歌·东君》
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 China37
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write70
10 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
Gui Xuan — —
Gui Fu — Gui Fu (1736-1805), a renowned Qing dynasty philologist, wrote 'Shuowen Jiezi Yizheng', a monumental commentary on the ancient Chinese dictionary.
Gui Wencan — Gui Wencan (1823-1884), a Qing dynasty classical scholar from Guangdong, specialized in Confucian classics and textual criticism.