GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 55

崔

崔 is read as cuī.

Pinyin

cuī

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 崔

Basic meaning

high; lofty

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn Qi fief tradition; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Cui fief/place in Qi, today's Shandong Province

Origin note

A major Cui surname tradition connects Cui with a fief or place in Qi. Descendants of a Qi lineage used the place name Cui as their surname, making this a fief/place-name surname rather than a literal mountain meaning.

Historical figures

崔颢 (Cui Hao)

704-754 CE · Tang poet

Known especially for the poem Yellow Crane Tower.

崔琰 (Cui Yan)

died 216 CE · late Han official

A prominent official in the late Eastern Han and Cao Cao's administration.

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