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闾丘 Lvqiu — a rarer surname

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Where the surname comes from

A surname from the ancient Lvqiu region, associated with Confucius' interlocutor Lvqiu Yin.

What the character means

Natural elevation and stability

Why it scores this way

Mostly easy. The only friction is v, iu, which English speakers usually turn into something close.

Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.

14 strokes — a little practice and it flows.

People who carried this name

• Lvqiu Yin — Spring and Autumn scholar who debated with Confucius.
• Lvqiu Ying — A noble of Qi state in the Spring and Autumn period, mentioned in Zuo Zhuan for his political role.
• Lvqiu Guangting — Tang dynasty scholar and author of Jianming Shu, a work on classical Confucian texts.

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