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邢 Xing — a rarer surname
67.2 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Xing |
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| Strokes | 7 |
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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 from the ancient state of Xing, in today's Hebei.
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 China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write85
7 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Xing Bing — Northern Song scholar (932–1010), compiler of the annotated Analects.
- Xing Tong — Ming dynasty calligrapher and painter, paired with Dong Qichang as 'North Xing and South Dong'.
- Xing Cijing — Ming dynasty female poet and calligrapher, younger sister of Xing Tong.
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