Xuan (surname)

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Xuan (宣)
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PronunciationXuān (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Hsüan, Hsuan

Xuan ([ɕɥɛ́n]) is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the rare Chinese surname written as a Chinese character. It is romanized Hsüan in Wade–Giles. It is not among the top 300 most common Chinese surnames.[1]

Notable people[]

  • (宣缯); fl. early 13th century), high minister of the Southern Song dynasty
  • (宣侠父; 1899–1938), Communist agent assassinated by the KMT
  • (宣景琳; 1907–1992), actress
  • (宣明智; born 1952), former general manager of UMC
  • Jessica Hsuan or Xuan Xuan (born 1970), Hong Kong actress
  • Xuan Zan, fictional character in the classical novel Water Margin

References[]

  1. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
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