Rui (surname)

Rui (芮)
Pronunciation Ruì ([ɻwî]) (Mandarin)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s) Jui

Rui[1] is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Jui in Wade–Giles. Rui is listed 209th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[2] It is not among the 300 most common surnames in China.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. The approximate pronunciation in English is /ˈrw/.
  2. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  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 2014-10-11.
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