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薄 Bo — a rarer surname
61.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Bo |
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| Strokes | 17 |
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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 'thin', from the ancient state of Bo.
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 China43
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write35
17 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
- Bo Xilai — —
- Bo Yibo — Chinese revolutionary and politician, one of the Eight Immortals of the CPC, key leader in economic construction and government reform.
- Bo Shaozhi — Southern Dynasties calligrapher, famed for regular script, often paired with Yang Xin in art history.
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