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许 Xu — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Xu |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname traced to ancient nobility of the Zhou dynasty, spread across eastern China.
What the character means
Promise, hope
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is x, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China86
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Xu Shen — Eastern Han philologist (c.58–147), author of Shuowen Jiezi, the first comprehensive Chinese dictionary.
- Xu Guangping — Chinese writer and activist, wife of Lu Xun, known for her memoirs and contributions to modern Chinese literature.
- Xu Dishan — Chinese author and scholar, pioneer of modern Chinese literature, famous for his essay 'The Peanut'.
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