Guān

For other Chinese surnames romanized as "Guan", see Guan.
Guan (关 / 關)
Pronunciation

Guān (Mandarin)
Kwan (Hong Kong)
Kuan (Macao)
Quan (Vietnamese)
Kwon (Korean)

Seki (Japanese)
Language(s) Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese
Origin
Language(s) Chinese
Word/Name China
Meaning Close

Guan (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Guān) is a Chinese surname. Guan is 394th in the Hundred Family Surnames.

It is also a Vietnamese surname that uses the same character, romanised as Quan.

It is Romanized Kwon in Korean.

It is also a Japanese surname, Seki (Japanese: ), that uses the same character.

The Vietnamese surname, Quan and the Japanese surname, Seki, was derived from the same Chinese character as the Chinese surname (The Japanese Kanji 関 is a Shinjitai of the Chinese character 關).

In Taiwan, the Wade–Giles spelling Kuan is used. In Hong Kong, the surname is romanised as Kwan in Cantonese. In Macao, the surname is as Kuan due to the Portuguese influence.In many overseas Chinese communities, both spellings are common.

Origin

A number of groups are believed to have shared the surname in history.

Historical figures

Notable modern people

Japanese people with the surname Seki (関)

Historical figures

Notable modern people

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