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董 Dong — a top-40 surname
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| Pinyin | Dong |
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| Strokes | 13 |
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| Commonness | a top-40 surname |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname of historians and physicians, including the Confucian scholar Dong Zhongshu.
What the character means
One who governs with virtue and integrity
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 China81
A very common surname (roughly the top 40 in China).
Easy to write55
13 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
- Dong Zhongshu — Han dynasty Confucian scholar (179–104 BC), advocated making Confucianism the state doctrine.
- Dong Zhuo — Warlord in late Eastern Han dynasty who controlled the puppet emperor and was assassinated in 192 AD.
- Dong Qichang — Ming dynasty painter, calligrapher, and art theorist, influential in Chinese literati painting.
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