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龙 Long — a top-100 surname
88.2 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Long |
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| Strokes | 5 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Strength |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'dragon', the symbol of Chinese culture.
What the character means
Majestic and auspicious symbol of power
Theme basis：龙 = dragon
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 China75
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write95
5 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Long Yun — Governor of Yunnan (1884–1962), the 'Dragon King of Yunnan' for 18 years.
- Lung Ying-tai — Taiwanese writer and former Minister of Culture, renowned for her essays on democracy and civil society.
- Long Yongtu — Chinese diplomat and chief negotiator for China's WTO accession, former Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade.
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