GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 84

贺

贺 is read as hè.

Pinyin

hè

Script forms

Simplified 贺 · Traditional 賀

Basic meaning

congratulate

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Post-classical written-form and branch-name traditions; Post-classical written-form tradition, after 221 BCE

Place: Multiple He/賀 branch traditions across China

Origin note

He surname traditions are multi-source. Some branches are linked with older written forms or branch-name changes, while others have separate local origins. The page presents 贺 as a multi-source surname and keeps the basic meaning 'congratulate' separate.

Historical figures

贺知章 (He Zhizhang)

659-744 CE · Tang poet

A Tang poet and calligrapher remembered in literary tradition.

贺龙 (He Long)

1896-1969 CE · military leader

A twentieth-century military figure.

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