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成 Cheng — a rarer surname
67.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Cheng |
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| Strokes | 7 |
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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 'accomplish', from the ancient Cheng state.
What the character means
Accomplishment and achievement
Why it scores this way
Easy to say72
Mostly easy. The only friction is c, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China51
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write85
7 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Cheng Hao — Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher (1032–1085), founder of the Cheng school.
- Cheng Fangwu — Chinese writer and educator, co-founder of the Creation Society, served as president of Renmin University of China.
- Cheng Xuanying — Tang dynasty Taoist scholar, famous for his commentary on the Daodejing and contributions to the Twofold Mystery theory.
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