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康 Kang — a top-100 surname

78.2 / 100 overall fit

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Where the surname comes from

A surname meaning 'health', from the Zhou dynasty's Kang state.

What the character means

well-being and peace

Theme basis：康 = health, wellbeing

Why it scores this way

Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.

Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).

11 strokes — a little practice and it flows.

People who carried this name

• Kang Youwei — Qing dynasty reformer (1858–1927), leader of the Hundred Days' Reform.
• Kang Hai — Ming dynasty literati, one of the Seven Early Masters, famed for prose and drama.
• Kang Keqing — Chinese communist revolutionary, wife of Marshal Zhu De, advocate for women's rights.

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