Common Chinese surname
Chang is a common surname across East Asian cultures—Chinese, Korean, Thai, and others—each with distinct origins and meanings depending on the language and characters used.
In Chinese, it may be written with characters meaning "constant" or "prosperous." The name appears frequently enough that it sometimes stands in generically for Asian names in Western contexts, occasionally with reductive or stereotyping intent.
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Common Chinese surname
Chang is a common surname across East Asian cultures—Chinese, Korean, Thai, and others—each with distinct origins and meanings depending on the language and characters used.
In Chinese, it may be written with characters meaning "constant" or "prosperous." The name appears frequently enough that it sometimes stands in generically for Asian names in Western contexts, occasionally with reductive or stereotyping intent.
1. surname — family, Related people together; genealogy (Study of family descent); lineage (Descent from progenitors); ancestry (Family line of descent); clan · heritage · bloodline · descent · relatives · kinship · forebears · patronymic · Chinese · Korean
2. dynasty — emperor, Male ruler of empire; imperial (Relating to supreme rule); China (East Asian superpower); Han (China's largest ethnicity); Tang · Ming · throne · reign · era · ancient · historical · kingdom · monarchy · feudal
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/Chang