Chinese surname · rank 496
布
布 is read as bù.
bù
Simplified 布 · Traditional 佈
cotton cloth, textiles, linen
Earth
Time: Warring States tradition, 475-221 BCE
Place: Zhao / Jiangxia tradition, Western Qiang and Kucha layers, and later northeast and northwest ethnic contexts are all recorded separately.
Origin note
Bu is verified as a rare multi-source surname. The page should not reduce it to the ordinary word cloth. Recorded layers include the Zhao-period Buzi or Gubu Ziqing account, Western Qiang and Kucha royal-name traditions, and multiple later minority Hanization routes among Mongol, Manchu, Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen and Tu communities. These are treated as parallel surname layers.
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