GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 86

段

段 is read as duàn.

Pinyin

duàn

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 段

Basic meaning

section; segment

Five element

Fire

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn Zheng ancestor-name tradition; Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Zheng state, today's Henan Province

Origin note

A major Duan surname tradition connects the surname with Gongshu Duan of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn period. Descendants used Duan as a surname. The page keeps this ancestor-name layer separate from the character's section/segment meaning.

Historical figures

段祺瑞 (Duan Qirui)

1865-1936 CE · Republican-era political and military figure

A major early Republican military and political figure.

段成式 (Duan Chengshi)

c. 803-863 CE · Tang writer

Author of Youyang Zazu, a major miscellany.

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