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湛 Zhan — a rarer surname
60.7 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Zhan |
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| Strokes | 12 |
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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 from the ancient Chu state, meaning 'deep and clear water'.
What the character means
Clear and profound, symbolizing wisdom and talent.
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 China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write60
12 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Zhan Ruoshui — Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar (1466–1560), founder of the Ganquan school.
- Zhan Fangsheng — Eastern Jin dynasty writer and poet, known for landscape poems, contributing to early Chinese nature poetry.
- Zhan Ben — Tang dynasty poet and scholar, an imperial examination graduate, whose literary works have been preserved in anthologies.
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