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贾 Jia — a top-100 surname
77.2 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Jia |
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| Strokes | 10 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'merchant', from the ancient state of Jia.
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 China71
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write70
10 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Jia Yi — Western Han statesman and writer (200–168 BC), author of the essay 'On the Faults of Qin'.
- Jia Dao — Tang dynasty poet known for his reclusive life and meticulous crafting of verses, representing the ascetic Buddhist poetic style.
- Jia Sixie — Northern Wei dynasty agronomist whose encyclopedia Qimin Yaoshu is the earliest complete agricultural text in China.
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