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Chinese surname · rank 437

达

达 is read as dá.

Pinyin

dá

Script forms

Simplified 达 · Traditional 達

Basic meaning

arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Song textual or Bai Jia Xing layer, 960-1279 CE

Place: Gaoyang / Zhuanxu lineage tradition; Hui changed-surname contexts treated separately; modern source notes emphasize Yunnan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Hebei distribution.

Origin note

Da/达 is a multi-layer surname entry. One line treats it as an ancestor-name surname from Gaoyang / Zhuanxu descendants, often tied to Shuda or Zhongda among the Gaoyang worthy figures. A second layer is Hui surname usage and changed-surname tradition. Because the received Baijiaxing text checked here did not show a standalone Da entry, the page does not claim a classic Song Baijiaxing placement.

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