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郝 Hao — a top-100 surname
81.9 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Hao |
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| Strokes | 9 |
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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 from the ancient Taihao clan, common in Shanxi and Hebei.
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 China72
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Hao Jing — —
- Hao Zhao — A Wei general during the Three Kingdoms period, famed for defending Chencang against Zhuge Liang's invasion.
- Hao Yixing — Qing dynasty scholar and philologist, best known for his annotated work 'Erya Yishu' on the ancient lexicon Erya.
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