How To Name Your Chinese Characters:Ā
Iāve pasted the Top 100 common last names in alphabetical order, and bolded the ones that appear in CQL:Ā Ā
B:Ā ē½ Bai
C: č” Cai ; ę¹ Cao ;Ā åøø Chang ; ę¾ Ceng ;Ā é Chen ;Ā ēØ Cheng ;Ā å“ Cui ;
D: ę“ Dai ; é Deng ; äø Ding ; č£ Dong ; ę Du ;
F: č Fan ; ę¹ Fang ; åÆ Feng ; ä» Fu ;
G: é« Gao ;Ā č GeĀ ; é¾ Gong ; 锾 Gu ; é Guo ;
H: é© Han ; ä½ He ; 蓺 He 擪 Hong ; 侯 Hou ; é» Hua ; č” Hu ;
J: 蓾 Jia ; č Jiang ; å§ Jiang ; ę± Jiang ; é Jin ;
K:Ā åŗ· Kang ;
L:Ā čµ Lai ; ę Li ;Ā é» Li ; å» Liao ; ę¢ Liang ; ę Lin ; å Liu ; é Lu ; å¢ Lu ; č·Æ Lu ; å Lü ; ē½ Luo ;
M: 马 Ma ; éŗ¦ Mai ; ęÆ Mao ; å Meng ;
N:Ā åŖ NiĀ ;Ā ē Niu ;
P:Ā ę½ Pan ; å½ Peng ;
Q: é± Qian ; 秦 Qin ; é± Qiu ;
R:ä»» Ren ;
S: éµ Shao ; ę² Sheng ; å² Shi ; ē³ Shi ; ę½ Shi ; å® Song ; č Su ; å Sun ;
T: é¶ Tao ; č° Tan ; å Tang ; ē° Tian ;
W: äø Wan ; ē Wang ;Ā ę±Ŗ Wang ;Ā é Wei ; å“ Wu ;
X: é¢ Xing ; å¤ Xia ;Ā č Xiao ; č°¢ Xie ; å¾ Xu ; 许 Xu ; č Xue ;
Y:Ā é Yan ; äø„ Yan ; ęØ Yang ; å§ Yao ; å¶ Ye ;Ā ä½ Yu ; äŗ Yu ; č¢ Yuan ;
Z: å¼ Zhang ;Ā čµµ Zhao ; é Zheng ; é Zhong ; åØ Zhou ;Ā ę± Zhu ;Ā åŗ Zhuang ;Ā é¹ Zou ;
Above are all single character last names, but there are some double character Chinese last names, seen below (list not exhaustive):Ā
ē¬å¤ DuāGu ;Ā
å
¬å GongāSun ;
å宫 NanāGong Ā Ā
ę¬§é³ OuāYang ;Ā
åøé©¬ SiāMa ; äøå® ShangāGuan ;
å®ę YuāWen ;
éæå ZhangāSun ; 诸č ZhuāGE ;Ā
2) GIVEN NAMES/COURTESY NAMES
Light*ļ¼ å
(guÄng) - lightļ¼Ā äŗ® liĆ ng - bright / shineļ¼ ę (mĆng) - brightļ¼ ę¦ (xÄ«) - early dawnļ¼ ę (yĆŗn) - daylightļ¼ ę (zhÄo) - light, clearļ¼ē
§ (zhĆ o) - to shine uponļ¼
Fire: ē° (yĆ n) - flamesļ¼ ē (yÄn) - smokeļ¼ē (yĆ”n) - heat/burnļ¼ ēØ (yĆØ) - dazzling lightļ¼Ā Ā
Water: also see āweatherā OR ābodies of waterā under nature; note the words below while are related to water have meanings that mean some kind of virtue: ęø
(qÄ«ng) - clarity / purityļ¼ ę¾ (chĆ©ng) - clarity/quietļ¼ ę¾ (chĆØ) - clear/penetratingļ¼ ę¶ (liĆ”n) - rippleļ¼ ę¼Ŗ (yÄ«) - rippleļ¼ ę³ (hóng) - vast waterļ¼ ę¹ (zhĆ n) - clear/crystalļ¼ é² (lù) - dewļ¼ ę³ (lĆng) - cool, cold, ę¶ (tÄo) - big waveļ¼ę³½ (zĆ©)ļ¼ęµ© hĆ o - grand/vast (water)ļ¼ę¶µ (han) - deep submergence / tolerance / educated
Weather: éØ (yĒ) - rainļ¼ é (lĆn) - downpouring rainļ¼ å° (bÄ«ng) - iceļ¼ éŖ (xuÄ) - snowļ¼Ā é (shuÄng) - frostĀ
* some āLightā words overlap in meaning with words that mean āsun/dayā
Season: ę„ (chÅ«n) - springļ¼ å¤ (xiĆ ) - summerļ¼ ē§ (qĆu) - aumtumļ¼ å¬ (dÅng) - winter
Time of Day: ę (zhÄo) - early morning / towardļ¼ ęØ (chĆ©n) - morning / dawnļ¼ ę (xiĒo) - morningļ¼ ę (xù) - dawn/rising sunļ¼ę¼ (zhòu) - dayļ¼ē (wĒn) - late eveningļ¼å¤ (yĆØ) - nightĀ
Star/Sky/Space: äŗ (yĆŗn) - cloudļ¼å¤© (tiÄn) - sky/ heavenļ¼é (xiĆ”) - afterglow of a rising or setting sunļ¼ę (yuĆØ) - moonļ¼ę„ (ri) - day / sunļ¼é³ (yĆ”ng) - sunļ¼å® (yĒ) - spaceļ¼ę (xÄ«ng) - star
Birds: ē (yĆ n) - sparrowļ¼ é (yĆ n) - loonļ¼ čŗ (yÄ«ng) - orioleļ¼ éø¢ (yuÄn) - kite bird (family Accipitridae)ļ¼ē¾½ (yĒ) - feather
Creatures: é¾ (lóng) - dragon/imperial
Plants/Flowers:* å
° (lĆ”n) - orchidsļ¼Ā 竹 (zhĆŗ) - bambooļ¼ ē (yĆŗn) - tough exterior of bamboosļ¼ č± (xuÄn) - day-lilyļ¼ ę¾ (sÅng) - pineļ¼ å¶ (yĆØ) - leafļ¼ ę« (fÄng) - mapleļ¼ ę bó/bĒi - cedar/cypressļ¼ ę¢
(mĆ©i) - plumļ¼ äø¹ (dÄn) - peony
Mountains: å±± (shÄn)ļ¼ å³° (fÄng) - summitļ¼ å³„ (zhÄng)ļ¼
Bodies of water: ę± (jiÄng) - large river/straitsļ¼ ę²³ (hĆ©) - riverļ¼ ę¹ (hĆŗ) - lakeļ¼ ęµ· (hĒi) - seaļ¼ ęŗŖ (xÄ«) - streamļ¼ ę± (chĆ) - pondļ¼ ę½ (tĆ”n) - larger pondļ¼ ę“ (yĆ”ng) - ocean
* I didnāt include a lot of flower names because itās very easy to name a character with flowers that heavily implies sheās a prostitute.Ā
Astuteness: ēæ ruƬ - astute / foresightļ¼ ęŗ (zhi)ļ¼ ę
§ (hui)ļ¼ å² (zhĆ©) - wise/philosophy,Ā
Educated: Ā å (bó) - extensively educatedļ¼ å¢Ø (mo) - inkļ¼ čÆ (shi) - poetry / literatureļ¼ ę (wĆ©n) - language / gentle / literaryļ¼ å¦ (xue) - studyļ¼ å½¦ (yĆ n) - accomplished / knowledgeable, ē„ (zhi) - to knowļ¼ ę (bÄ«n) - refinedļ¼ čµ (fù) - to be endowed with knowledge
Loyalty: åæ (zhÅng) - loyalļ¼ ē (zhÄn) - trueĀ
Bravery: å (yĒng) - braveļ¼ ę° (jiĆ©) - outstanding, hero
Determination/Perseverance: ęÆ
(yƬ) - resolute / braveļ¼ ę (hĆ©ng) - everlastingļ¼ č”” (hĆ©ng) - across, to judge/evaluateļ¼ę (chĆ©ng) - to succeedļ¼ åæ (zhƬ) - aspiration / the will
Goodness/Kindness: å (jiÄ) - excellent / auspiciousļ¼ē£ (lÄi) - rock / open & honestļ¼ ę£ (zhĆØng) - straight / upright / principleļ¼
Elegance: é
(yĒ) - elegantļ¼ åŗ (zhuÄng) - respectful/formal/solemnļ¼ å½¬ (bÄ«n) - refined / politeļ¼Ā
Handsome: äæ jùn - handsome/talentedĀ
Peace: å® (nĆng) - quietness/to pacify, å® ļ¼Än) - peace, safety
Grandness/Excellenceļ¼å® (hóng) - grandļ¼č±Ŗ (hĆ”o) - grand, heroicļ¼ę (hĆ o) - limitless / the vast skyļ¼å (huĆ”) - magnificentļ¼ čµ« (hĆØ) - red/famous/greatļ¼ é (lóng) - magnificentļ¼ ä¼ (wÄi) - greatness / largeļ¼č½© (xuÄn) - pavilion with a view/highļ¼å (zhuó) - outstanding
Female Descriptor/Virtues/Beauty: å© (wĒn)ļ¼ę (huƬ)ļ¼ å¦® (nÄ«)ļ¼ åØ (jiÄo)ļ¼ åØ„ (Ć©)ļ¼ å©µ (chĆ”n) (I didnāt include specific translations for these because theyāre all adjectives for women meaning beauty or virtue)Ā
Adverbs: å¦ (rĆŗ) - asļ¼č„ (ruò) - as, alikeļ¼å® (wĒn) - like / as thoughļ¼
Verbs: é£ (fÄi) - to flyļ¼Ā 锾 ļ¼gù) - to think/considerļ¼ ę (huĆ”i) - to miss, to possessļ¼ č½(luò) - to fall, to leave behindļ¼ę¢¦ (mĆØng) - to dreamļ¼ ę (sÄ«) - to consider / to miss (someone)ļ¼åæ (yƬ) - memoryļ¼ åø (xÄ«) - yearn / admire
Colours: ēŗ¢ (hóng) - redļ¼ čµ¤ (chƬ) - crimsonļ¼ é» (huĆ ng) - yellowļ¼ ē¢§ (bƬ) - greenļ¼é(qÄ«ng) - azureļ¼č (lĆ”n) - blueļ¼ ē“« (zĒ) - violet ļ¼ē (xuĆ”n) - blackļ¼ ē½ (baĆ) - white
Numberļ¼äø (yÄ«), äŗ (er) - two, äø (san) - three,Ā å (si) - four,Ā äŗ (wu) - five, å
(liu) - six, äø(qi) - seven, å
« (ba) - eight,Ā ä¹ (jiu) - nine, å (shi) - ten
Direction: äø (dÅng) - eastļ¼ č„æ (xi) - westļ¼ å (nan) - southļ¼ å (bei) - northļ¼
Other: å (zĒ) - child, ē¶ (rĆ”n) - correct / thusly
ćJadeć: *there are SO MANY words that generally mean some kind of jade, bc when ppl put jade in their childrenās name they donāt literally mean the rock, itās used to symbolize purity, goodness, kindness, beauty, virtue etc*Ā
ē (chen), ē¶ (yao),Ā ē„ (yue),Ā ēŖ (qi),Ā ē³ (lin)
č² (se) - colour, beauty. In buddhism, āseā symbolizes everything secular
äŗ (liao) - finished, done, letting goĀ
å° (chen) - dust, Iām not⦠versed in buddhism enough to explain āchenā, itās similar to āseā
ę (wu) - knowing? Cognition? To understand a higher meaning
ę (wu) - nothing, the void, also part of like āletting goāĀ
ę (jie) - to āquitā, but not in a bad way. In buddhism, monks are supposed to āquitā their earthly desires.
ę (ji) - greatness, also related to the state of nirvana (? I think?)Ā