GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 87

郝

郝 is read as hǎo.

Pinyin

hǎo

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 郝

Basic meaning

old place name

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Ancient Hao place/state traditions; Ancient surname tradition, before 221 BCE; exact calendar year not pinned by the attached sources

Place: Hao traditions, commonly associated with today's Shanxi or Shaanxi region

Origin note

Hao surname traditions connect the name with ancient Hao places or state-name memory in the northwestern-central plains. Because locality traditions vary, the page presents Hao as a place/state surname rather than a single precise county claim.

Historical figures

郝经 (Hao Jing)

1223-1275 CE · Yuan scholar and official

A Yuan-period scholar and diplomat.

郝懿行 (Hao Yixing)

1757-1825 CE · Qing scholar

A Qing evidential scholar known for philology.

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