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陆 Lu — a top-100 surname
84.1 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Lu |
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| Strokes | 7 |
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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 Lu, associated with the poet Lu You.
What the character means
Solid and grounded like the earth
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 China71
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write85
7 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
- Lu You — Southern Song poet (1125–1210), China's most prolific poet with over 9,000 works.
- Lu Yu — Tang dynasty tea master, author of The Classic of Tea, revered as the Sage of Tea for his contributions to tea culture.
- Lu Jiuyuan — Southern Song philosopher, founder of the School of Mind, known for his doctrine of 'the universe is my mind'.
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