GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 64

贾

贾 is read as jiǎ.

Pinyin

jiǎ

Script forms

Simplified 贾 · Traditional 賈

Basic meaning

merchant; trade; buy

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn Jia state/fief tradition; Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn tradition, 1046-476 BCE

Place: Jia state/fief, commonly associated with today's Shanxi Province

Origin note

A major Jia surname tradition connects the surname to an ancient Jia state or fief in the Zhou world, often associated with Shanxi. Descendants used Jia as a surname. The merchant/trade meanings are later character meanings, not the origin by themselves.

Historical figures

贾谊 (Jia Yi)

200-168 BCE · Western Han writer and thinker

A brilliant early Han political writer.

贾岛 (Jia Dao)

779-843 CE · Tang poet

A Tang poet famous for careful word choice.

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