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]
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.
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
^Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
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