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段 Duan — a top-100 surname
83.7 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Duan |
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| Strokes | 9 |
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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 from the ancient state of Duan, associated with the scholar Duan Yucai.
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 China77
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write75
9 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Duan Yucai — Qing dynasty philologist (1735–1815), author of the monumental Shuowen annotation.
- Duan Qirui — Chinese warlord and politician, three-time Premier of the Republic of China, and leader of the Beiyang clique.
- Duan Chengshi — Tang dynasty writer and poet, author of Youyang Zazu, a renowned collection of anecdotes and supernatural tales.
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