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.
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.