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苏 Su — a top-100 surname
83.9 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Su |
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| Strokes | 8 |
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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 celebrated writers; Su Dongpo remains one of China's most loved poets.
Classical source：《说文解字》
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 China74
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write80
8 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Su Shi (Su Dongpo) — Song dynasty poet and statesman (1037–1101), master of ci poetry and calligraphy.
- Su Wu — Western Han diplomat. Sent to the Xiongnu, he refused to surrender and herded sheep for 19 years, embodying unwavering loyalty.
- Su Zhe — Northern Song writer, younger brother of Su Shi. A leading prose master of the Tang-Song era and member of the Eight Masters.
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