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郑 Zheng — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Zheng |
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| Strokes | 9 |
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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 of the famous maritime explorer Zheng He, with roots in the state of Zheng.
What the character means
Dignified and principled, inspiring trust and respect.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say72
Mostly easy. The only friction is zh, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China83
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Zheng He — Ming admiral (1371–1433) who led seven great maritime expeditions across the Indian Ocean.
- Zheng Chenggong — Ming dynasty general who expelled the Dutch from Taiwan; revered as a national hero in China and Taiwan.
- Zheng Banqiao — Qing dynasty painter, calligrapher, and poet; one of the 'Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou', famed for bamboo paintings.
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