Dongfang (surname)

Dongfang

Dongfang in regular script

Pronunciation| Tong-hong (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Origin
Language(s)| Chinese language
Word/name| Fu Xi clan
Dongfang Shuo
Meaning| the east
Other names
Variant form(s)| Dongfang (Mandarin)
See also| Zhang (surname)
Dongfang

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese| 東方
Simplified Chinese| 东方
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Dōngfāng
Bopomofo| ㄉㄨㄥ ㄈㄤ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| dung1 fong1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ| Tong-hong
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet| Đông Phương
Hán-Nôm| 東方
Korean name
Hangul| 동방
Hanja| 東方
| Transcriptions

Revised Romanization| Dongbang
McCune–Reischauer| Tongbang
Japanese name
Kanji| 東方
Hiragana| とうほう
ひがしかた
| Transcriptions

Romanization| Tōhō
Higashikata

Dongfang in Chinese or Dongbang in Korean is a compound surname in East Asia. Dongfang has two points of origin. One branch is said to be descended from the Fuxi clan, which originated in the east; the other is said to be descended from Dongfang Shuo, whose original family name was Zhang.[1]

Dongfang is the 119th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.

## Notable people named Dongfang[edit]

* Dongfang Shuo, poet in Han Dynasty
* Dongfang Qiu, poet and historian in Tang Dynasty
* Dongfang Xian, scholar in Tang Dynasty
* Dongfang Bubai, fictional character from The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

## References[edit]

1. ^ People's Daily. Overseas Ed. May 9th, 2001. Dongfang, a surname originated from Dongfang Shuo(始于东方朔的东方姓)

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