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路 Lu — a rarer surname
69.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Lu |
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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 'road', from the ancient state of Lu.
What the character means
A road or path; as a name it suggests an open future and steady steps.
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 China51
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
- Lu Yao — Novelist (1949–1992), author of the acclaimed Ordinary World.
- Lu Wenshu — Western Han official and legal scholar, known for his memorial urging benevolent rule and condemning torture in judicial proceedings.
- Lu Ling — Modern Chinese novelist, leading figure of the July School, best known for the novel Children of the Rich.
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