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Chinese surname · rank 418

鄂

鄂 is read as è.

Pinyin

è

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 鄂

Basic meaning

Hubei province; startled

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: E state around north Nanyang, Henan in one tradition; Jin E locality around Shanxi Xiangning; Chu E / Echeng and Wuchang Hubei traditions; Ba-Ling Man, Manchu Xilin Gioro, and Daur changed-surname contexts

Origin note

E/鄂 is a clearly multi-source surname. One old layer links it with E state and E Hou traditions, where descendants used a state name as surname. A second layer derives E from Jin-related E localities or E Hou branches. A third layer connects E with Chu, especially E Wang or E Jun traditions around Hubei. Later sources add Ba-Ling Man, Yue-family changed-surname, and Manchu or Daur changed-surname layers. The page keeps these layers separate and does not treat modern Hubei abbreviation as the surname origin.

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