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端木 Duanmu — a rarer surname
66.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Duanmu |
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| Strokes | 18 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | compound surname |
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Where the surname comes from
The surname of Confucius' wealthy disciple Zigong, a renowned diplomat.
What the character means
righteous and principled
Why it scores this way
Easy to say92
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write60
18 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Zigong (Duanmu Ci) — Confucius' disciple (520–456 BC), a successful merchant and diplomat.
- Duanmu Cai — Qing dynasty ci poet and scholar, known for his anthology 'Bixie Ci' and literary activities in Nanjing.
- Duanmu Guohu — Qing dynasty classical scholar and poet, author of 'Zhouyi Zhi', an interpretation of the I Ching, from Zhejiang.
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