Zhang (surname 章)

Chinese family name

For the more common surname 張/张, see Zhang (surname).

Zhāng is a Chinese surname. According to a 2013 study it was the 122-most common surname, shared by 1,570,000 people or 0.120% of the population, with the province with the most people being Zhejiang.[1] It is the 40th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

The surname written 章 in Chữ Nôm is clearly distinguished and written as Trang or Chương.[citation needed] 章 was unlisted among the top 100 in either location. In 2015 it was reported 88th.[citation needed]

章 combines the characters 音 (yin, "sound", "(musical) note") and 十 (shi, "ten"). It originally meant "brilliant", "to display", "a distinctive mark"[2] and was used as the name of a fief, but as a common noun in modern use it means an "article" in a newspaper or magazine or a "chapter" in a book or law.

The surname 章 (Old Chinese: *taŋ[2]) originated from the legendary Yan Emperor, whose personal surname was Jiang (姜). On the establishment of the state of Qi, Jiang Ziya apportioned the land among his many descendants, including a one known as Zhang (鄣国). Some of the people of this state simplified the character and took 章 as their surname, particularly after it was annexed by Qi.[3][full citation needed] The Middle Chinese pronunciation of the name was Tsyang, the beginnings of what we now know to be the "Zhang" surname.[2]

It means "stamp, seal" in Chinese.

* Gordon G. Chang (章家敦, born 1951), American writer and attorney who wrote The Coming Collapse of China (2001)
* Cheang Hong Lim (章芳林, 1825-1893), Singaporean philanthropist
* Teresa Cheung Siu-wai (章小蕙, born 1963), Canadian actress
* Zhang Binglin (章炳麟, 1868–1936), Chinese philologist, textual critic, and anti-Manchu revolutionary.
* Zhang Hanzhi (章含之, 1935–2008) Chinese diplomat who was Mao Zedong's English teacher and U.S. President Richard Nixon's interpreter during his historic 1972 trip to China.
* Yingying Zhang (章莹颖, 1990–2017), Chinese student who was murdered while studying in the US at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
* Zhang Zetian (章泽天, born 1993), also known as Nancy Zhang, a Chinese businesswoman and investor who is the chief fashion adviser of the luxury business of JD.com
* Zhang Zhong (章钟, born 1978), Chinese chess grandmaster who now plays for Singapore.
* Zhang Ziyi (章子怡, born 1979), Chinese actress and model
* Zhang Hao (章昊, born 2000), Chinese singer active in South Korea, member of South Korean Boy Group Zerobaseone.
* Zhang Xuelei (1963–2024), Chinese basketball player.

## References

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1. ^ Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
2. ^ a b c Baxter, William H.; Sagart, Laurent (2011). Baxter–Sagart Old Chinese Reconstruction. p. 162\. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2011. (1.93 MB).
3. ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

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101–200 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China (2013, Fuxi Culture Association)

#101–125|

* Tāng 汤/湯
* Xiàng 向
* Cháng 常
* Wēn 温/溫
* Kāng 康
* Shī 施
* Wén 文
* Niú 牛
* Fán 樊
* Gě 葛
* Xíng 邢
* Ān 安
* Qí 齐/齊
* Yì 易
* Qiáo 乔/喬
* Wǔ 伍
* Pāng 庞/龐
* Yán 颜/顏
* Ní 倪
* Zhuāng 庄/莊
* Niè 聂/聶
* Zhāng 章
* Lǔ 鲁/魯
* Yùe 岳
* Zhāi 翟

#126–150|

* Yīn 殷
* Zhān 詹
* Shēn 申
* Ōu 欧/歐
* Gěng 耿
* Guān 关/關
* Lán 兰/蘭
* Jiāo 焦
* Yú 俞
* Zuǒ 左
* Liǔ 柳
* Gān 甘
* Zhù 祝
* Bāo 包
* Níng 宁/寧
* Shàng 尚
* Fú 符
* Shū 舒
* Ruǎn 阮
* Kē 柯
* Jǐ/Jì 纪/紀
* Méi 梅
* Tóng 童
* Líng 凌
* Huá/Huà 华/華

#151–175|

* Shàn 单/單
* Jì 季
* Péi 裴
* Huò 霍
* Tú 涂
* Chéng 成
* Miáo 苗
* Gǔ 谷
* Shèng 盛
* Qǔ 曲
* Wēng 翁
* Rán 冉
* Luò 骆/駱
* Lán 蓝/藍
* Lù 路
* Yóu 游
* Xīn 辛
* Jìn 靳
* Ōuyáng 欧阳/歐陽
* Guǎn 管
* Chái 柴
* Méng 蒙
* Baò 鲍/鮑
* Bì 毕/畢
* Yù 喻

#176–200|

* Qí 祁
* Pú 蒲
* Fáng 房
* Téng 滕
* Qū 屈
* Ráo 饶/饒
* Xiè/Jiě 解
* Móu 牟
* Ài 艾
* Yóu 尤
* Yáng 阳/陽
* Shí 时/時
* Mù 穆
* Nóng 农/農
* Sī 司
* Zhuó 卓
* Gǔ 古
* Jí 吉
* Miào 缪
* Jiǎn 简/簡
* Chē 车/車
* Xiàng 项/項
* Lián 连/連
* Lú 芦/蘆
* Mài 麦/麥

Related|

* Hundred Family Surnames
* List of common Chinese surnames
* 100 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China

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