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黄 Huang — one of China's ten most common
81.8 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Huang |
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| Strokes | 11 |
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| Commonness | one of China's ten most common |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Colour & metal |
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Where the surname comes from
A large southern Chinese surname whose bearers include great physicians and revolutionaries.
Theme basis：黄 = yellow
Why it scores this way
Easy to say76
Mostly easy. The only friction is uang, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China100
Among China's ten most common surnames — nobody will ask you to repeat it.
Easy to write65
11 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Huang Daopo — Yuan dynasty textile innovator (c.1245–1330) who revolutionized cotton weaving.
- Huang Xie — Lord of Chunshen, a prominent nobleman and politician of the Chu state during the Warring States period.
- Huang Feihong — A legendary Chinese martial artist and physician from the late Qing dynasty, famed for Hung Ga kung fu.
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