Chinese surname · rank 453

巢

巢 is read as cháo.

Pinyin

cháo

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 巢

Basic meaning

nest, living quarter in tree

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Shang-Zhou tradition, c. 1600-256 BCE

Place: Youchaoshi legendary Central Plains context; Chao state / Juchao and Chao Lake region in Anhui / Jianghuai tradition; Pengcheng commandery note.

Origin note

Chao/巢 is treated as an ancient clan-name and state-name surname. One layer traces the name to Youchaoshi, the legendary nest-building cultural ancestor. Another links the surname to Chao state, one of the Qunshu polities, whose people used the state name after the state was destroyed by Wu. The page avoids turning these distant traditions into a single factual founder.

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Sources checked

Wikipedia: Chao surname - Baijiaxing rank, Youchaoshi layer, Chao state-name layer, Tongzhi note, Zuozhuan citation, and Pengcheng commandery
Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Chao - Youchaoshi, Juchao / Chao state narrative, and Wu conquest layer
23mofang: Chao surname - Youchaoshi and place-name source summary
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 巢關蒯相查后荊紅
Han Dian: Chao - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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Origin note

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