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饶 Rao — a rarer surname
63.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Rao |
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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 'abundant', from the ancient state of Rao.
What the character means
Wealth and tolerance
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 China41
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
- Rao Zongyi — Sinologist and calligrapher (1917–2018), a giant of classical scholarship.
- Rao Lu — Southern Song Neo-Confucian scholar, known as Shuangfeng, founder of the Rao School, emphasized self-cultivation and moral education.
- Rao Guohua — National Revolutionary Army general, martyred in 1937 during the Battle of Guangde, honored as a war hero.
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