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纪 Ji — a rarer surname
72.0 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Ji |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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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 'record', from the ancient state of Ji.
What the character means
Discipline and remembrance
Why it scores this way
Easy to say88
Mostly easy. The only friction is j, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China42
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Ji Xiaolan — Qing dynasty scholar-official (1724–1805), chief editor of the Siku Quanshu encyclopedia.
- Ji Junxiang — Yuan dynasty playwright, author of The Orphan of Zhao, a classic tragedy.
- Ji Xin — Han dynasty general who sacrificed himself to save Liu Bang at Xingyang, burned by Xiang Yu.
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