Xun (surname)

Not to be confused with Xuan (surname).
Xun (荀)
Pronunciation Xún (Mandarin)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s) Hsün, Hsun

Xun ([ɕy̌n])[nb 1] is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Hsün in Wade–Giles. Xun is the 201st surname in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] It is not among the top 300 most common Chinese surnames.[2]

Notable people

Notes

  1. An approximation of the pronunciation in English is /ˈʃjuːn/.

References

  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-16.
  2. 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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