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甘 Gan — a rarer surname
75.9 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Gan |
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| Strokes | 5 |
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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 'sweet', from the ancient state of Gan, associated with the child prodigy Gan Luo.
What the character means
Sweetness and contentment
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 China41
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write95
5 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Gan Luo — Warring States prodigy (c.3rd century BC), became a high minister at age 12.
- Gan Ning — A renowned military general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, famed for his bravery and leadership in battle.
- Gan Ying — A diplomat of the Eastern Han Dynasty, dispatched by Ban Chao to reach the Roman Empire, arriving at the Persian Gulf.
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