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禹 Yu — a rarer surname
68.6 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Yu |
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| Strokes | 9 |
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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 from the legendary flood-tamer Yu the Great, founder of the Xia dynasty.
What the character means
legendary ancient king
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 China35
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Yu the Great — Legendary ruler (c.21st century BC) who tamed the great flood, founder of the Xia dynasty.
- Yu Zhiding — Qing dynasty painter (1647-1716), renowned for portraits and figure paintings, served in the imperial court.
- Yu Zhimo — Late Qing revolutionary (1866-1907), executed for anti-Qing activities, a forerunner of the 1911 Revolution.
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