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葛 Ge — a rarer surname
65.2 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Ge |
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| Strokes | 13 |
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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 'kudzu vine', from the ancient state of Ge.
What the character means
A resilient vine, symbolizing simplicity and endurance.
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 China40
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write55
13 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
- Ge Hong — Jin dynasty alchemist and Taoist scholar (283–343), author of Baopuzi.
- Ge Xuan — Three Kingdoms Daoist master, founder of the Lingbao sect, known as Ge the Heavenly Teacher, great-uncle of Ge Hong.
- Ge Changgeng — Southern Song Daoist priest, poet, and painter, also known as Bai Yuchan, fifth patriarch of Nanzong Taoism.
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