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Chinese surname · rank 279

敖

敖 is read as áo.

Pinyin

áo

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 敖

Basic meaning

ramble, play about; leisurely

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Ao Mountain near Xingyang, Henan; Chu Ru'ao lineage; later ethnic surname changes

Origin note

Ao is best presented as a multi-origin surname. One source-backed line treats Ao as a place-name surname from Ao Mountain near Xingyang; another connects part of the surname tradition with the Chu Ru'ao clan. Later Manchu, Daur, and Mongol families also adopted Ao as a Chinese surname, so the page should not reduce the surname to one founder.

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