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祖 Zu — a rarer surname
61.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Zu |
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| Strokes | 10 |
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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 'ancestor', associated with the mathematician Zu Chongzhi.
What the character means
Rooted legacy, honoring one's lineage
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is z, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China39
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
- Zu Chongzhi — Mathematician and astronomer (429–500), computed pi to seven decimal places.
- Zu Ti — Eastern Jin general, led northern expeditions against nomadic tribes, known for the idiom 'rising at cockcrow to practice sword'.
- Zu Yong — Tang dynasty poet, famous for poem 'Gazing at the Remaining Snow on Zhongnan Mountain', friend of Wang Wei.
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