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杜 Du — a top-100 surname
83.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Du |
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| Strokes | 7 |
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| Commonness | a top-100 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname of poets — Du Fu is China's 'Sage of Poetry'.
What the character means
Strong and resolute
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 China70
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write85
7 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Du Fu — Tang dynasty poet (712–770), revered as the 'Sage of Poetry', master of realism.
- Du Mu — Tang dynasty poet, renowned for lyrical quatrains and rhapsodies, often paired with Li Shangyin.
- Du Ruhui — Early Tang chancellor, honored as one of the 24 Lingyan Pavilion heroes, known for decisive judgment.
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