Chinese surname · rank 438

蓟

蓟 is read as jì.

Pinyin

jì

Script forms

Simplified 蓟 · Traditional 薊

Basic meaning

genus Cirsium, thistles

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Ji state around southwest Beijing / Guang anmen area in the main layer; Fanyang / Jizhou place-name layer; Neihuang commandery note in Hao86.

Origin note

Ji/蓟 is treated as an old state-name surname rather than the plant meaning. The main layer says a lineage connected with Huangdi or Yao was enfeoffed at Ji near the southwest of modern Beijing; after Ji state was absorbed by Yan, people used the old state name as a surname. A later place-name layer links the surname to Fanyang / Jizhou. The page keeps the two layers separate.

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Sources checked

Wikipedia: Ji surname - Baijiaxing rank, Ji-state origin, Huangdi/Yao descendant alternatives, Yan conquest context, and rare-surname status
Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Ji - Huangdi descendant enfeoffment at Ji, Yan conquest, Fanyang / Jizhou place-name layer, and Neihuang commandery note
Baijiayoupu surname reference: Ji - Ji-state enfeoffment, Liji/Shiji references, and Beijing Guang anmen area location
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 葉幸司韶郜黎薊薄
Han Dian: Ji - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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