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钱 Qian — a top-100 surname
73.3 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Qian |
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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 of scholars and financiers; the Qian family produced many Nobel-winning scientists.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say71
Mostly easy. The only friction is q, ian, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China78
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
- Qian Xuesen — Founder of China's space program (1911–2009), 'Father of Chinese aerospace'.
- Qian Zhongshu — Chinese literary scholar and writer, author of the satirical novel Fortress Besieged, renowned for his erudition and wit.
- Qian Sanqiang — Chinese nuclear physicist, a key figure in China's atomic bomb project, often called the father of China's nuclear science.
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