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Chinese surname · rank 434

红

红 is read as hóng.

Pinyin

hóng

Script forms

Simplified 红 · Traditional 紅

Basic meaning

red, vermillion; blush, flush

Five element

Fire

Origin

Time: Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Chu / E region context for Xiong Zhi Hong; Han Hong fief around southwest Xiao county, Jiangsu in one account; Pingchang commandery note.

Origin note

Hong/红 is not just the color word. The checked surname sources give a Mi-surname Chu layer in which descendants of Xiong Zhi Hong used the ancestor name or style Hong as a surname. A second layer comes from Han imperial Liu Fu, known as Hong Hou Fu, where descendants used the fief or commandery name after the marquisate ended. These are kept as separate surname layers.

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