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阮 Ruan — a rarer surname
68.5 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Ruan |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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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 of scholars and musicians, from the ancient state of Ruan.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is r, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Ruan Ji — Wei dynasty poet (210–263), one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.
- Ruan Yu — Han dynasty scholar, one of the Seven Scholars of Jian'an, known for his prose and poetry.
- Ruan Xian — Western Jin scholar, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, famed for music and philosophy.
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