Zha (surname)

Not to be confused with Cha (Korean surname).
Zha (查)
Pronunciation Zhā (Mandarin)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s) Cha

Zha[1] is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized as Cha in Wade–Giles. Zha is listed 397th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[2] As of 2008, it is the 176th most common surname in China, shared by 680,000 people.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. The approximate English pronunciation is /ɑː/.
  2. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  3. 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 2014-10-28.
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