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朱 Zhu — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Zhu |
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| Strokes | 6 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Colour & metal |
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Where the surname comes from
Imperial surname of the Ming dynasty; bearers include great painters and thinkers.
What the character means
vermilion, sincere
Theme basis：朱 = vermilion red
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is zh, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China84
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write90
6 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Zhu Yuanzhang — Founder of the Ming dynasty (1328–1398), rose from poverty to become Emperor Hongwu.
- Zhu Xi — Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Southern Song, whose school of mind and commentaries shaped official state ideology.
- Zhu Ziqing — Modern Chinese essayist and poet, known for lyrical prose like 'The Back View' and 'Haste', a key figure in May Fourth literature.
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