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闻 Wen — a rarer surname
71.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Wen |
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| Strokes | 9 |
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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 'to hear', from the ancient state of Wen.
What the character means
well-informed and wise
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 China44
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Wen Yiduo — Poet and scholar (1899–1946), patriot martyr of the civil war era.
- Wen Jiasi — Chinese translator and professor, younger brother of poet Wen Yiduo, known for translating French literature.
- Wen Lipeng — Chinese painter, son of Wen Yiduo, renowned for oil paintings and art education.
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