Chinese surname · rank 149

成

成 is read as chéng.

Pinyin

chéng

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 成

Basic meaning

to complete; to accomplish; to become; established or fixed

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou, after King Wu's conquest of Shang.; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Ancient Cheng state, around northern Ningyang, Shandong Province.

Origin note

The safest sourced origin is the state-name account: King Wu of Zhou enfeoffed Shuwu, a Ji-surname Zhou royal relative, at Cheng. Descendants are described in surname summaries as taking the state name as a surname, with some later using the simpler written form Cheng.

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Sources checked

Han Dian: Cheng - basic meanings and surname listing
Chinese Text Project: Shiji, Guan-Cai Shijia - classical record naming Cheng Shuwu and recording Shuwu enfeoffed at Cheng
MOE Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants: Cheng state graph - Cheng as a Ji-surname state where King Wu enfeoffed Shuwu; old site around northern Ningyang, Shandong
Jiapu.tv: Cheng surname source summary - surname-origin summary: descendants of Shuwu state used Cheng, later written Cheng

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