Shu ( Chinese: 舒; pinyin: Shū) is a Chinese surname. It is 43rd in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 ( Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu). Šumuru sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames Shu (舒), Xu (徐) or Xiao (蕭) after the demise of the Qing dynasty. [1]
According to the a 2013 study, it is the 143rd most common surname, being shared by 1.09 million people, or 0.082% of the population, with Hunan being the province with the most people sharing the name. [2]
In ancient usage, the characters of meng ( 孟) (bo 伯 bearing the same notion), zhong ( 仲), shu ( 叔) and ji ( 季) were used to denote the first, second, third and fourth (or last) eldest sons in a family.
The Vietnamese version of the name is Thư, but it is extremely rare.
"Shu" can also be a romanization for Xú (徐) or Xǔ (许).
Notable people
- Consort Shu (1728 – 1777), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Yehe Nara clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor
- Quan-Sheng Shu (simplified Chinese: 舒全胜) an American physicist and a naturalized American citizen who was convicted of intellectual property crimes and bribery
- Shu Hongbing (Chinese: 舒红兵; born 1967) is a Chinese cytologist and immunologist
- Shu Chang (actress) (Chinese: 舒畅, born 1987) is a Chinese actress, singer, and television host
- Shu Chang (footballer) (舒畅; born 1977) is a former Chinese football defender who played his entire career with Shandong Luneng
Stagenames
- Lin Li-hui (Chinese: 林立慧; pinyin: Lín Lìhuì, born 16 April 1976), better known by her stage name Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: Shū Qí), is a Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and model
References
- ^ Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).
- ^ 中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
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Shu ( Chinese: 舒; pinyin: Shū) is a Chinese surname. It is 43rd in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 ( Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu). Šumuru sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surnames Shu (舒), Xu (徐) or Xiao (蕭) after the demise of the Qing dynasty. [1]
According to the a 2013 study, it is the 143rd most common surname, being shared by 1.09 million people, or 0.082% of the population, with Hunan being the province with the most people sharing the name. [2]
In ancient usage, the characters of meng ( 孟) (bo 伯 bearing the same notion), zhong ( 仲), shu ( 叔) and ji ( 季) were used to denote the first, second, third and fourth (or last) eldest sons in a family.
The Vietnamese version of the name is Thư, but it is extremely rare.
"Shu" can also be a romanization for Xú (徐) or Xǔ (许).
Notable people
- Consort Shu (1728 – 1777), of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Yehe Nara clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor
- Quan-Sheng Shu (simplified Chinese: 舒全胜) an American physicist and a naturalized American citizen who was convicted of intellectual property crimes and bribery
- Shu Hongbing (Chinese: 舒红兵; born 1967) is a Chinese cytologist and immunologist
- Shu Chang (actress) (Chinese: 舒畅, born 1987) is a Chinese actress, singer, and television host
- Shu Chang (footballer) (舒畅; born 1977) is a former Chinese football defender who played his entire career with Shandong Luneng
Stagenames
- Lin Li-hui (Chinese: 林立慧; pinyin: Lín Lìhuì, born 16 April 1976), better known by her stage name Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇; pinyin: Shū Qí), is a Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress and model
References
- ^ Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).
- ^ 中国四百大姓 Front Cover, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.