Zhang
Common Asian name
Zhang is the most common surname in China and one of the most common in the world, borne by over 100 million people.
Like other Chinese surnames, it appears before the given name.
The character 张 originally referred to drawing a bow, suggesting strength or expansion.
Outside China, Zhang may be romanized in various ways depending on dialect and transliteration system, including Chang and Cheung.
Battery metal symbol
- ChenZhou dynasty state
- LiuChinese family name
- YangMasculine cosmic principle
- ZhouAncient Chinese dynasty
Ma · Lin · Tang · Han · common · frequent · widespread · prevalent
Li
Battery metal symbol
Zhou · Ma · Lin · Tang · Han · common · frequent · widespread · prevalent · popular
Mandarin
High-ranking government official
- PinyinMandarin transliteration system
- HanChina's largest ethnicity
- charactersPersons in a narrative
tones · calligraphy · Beijing · Shanghai · Cantonese · Sichuan · mainland · diaspora · overseas · immigrant
ancestry
Family line of descent
family · bloodline · dynasty · forebears · descendants · kinship · pedigree · relatives · kin · progeny
- surnamesSmith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones
- MathematiciansEuclid, Gauss, Euler, Archimedes, Pythagoras
- Chinese namesgiven name, family name, surname, birth name, clan name