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花 Hua — a rarer surname
75.3 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Hua |
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| Strokes | 8 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Nature |
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Where the surname comes from
A poetic surname meaning 'flower', borne by the legendary heroine Hua Mulan.
Theme basis：花 = flower
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 China50
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write80
8 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Hua Mulan — Legendary female warrior who took her father's place in the army, hero of folk ballads.
- Hua Yun — Ming dynasty general known for his valor, died defending Taiping against rebel forces in 1360.
- Hua Jingding — Tang dynasty military officer, famed for suppressing the Duan Zizhang rebellion, celebrated in Du Fu's poem.
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