Chinese surname · rank 433

郏

郏 is read as jiá.

Pinyin

jiá

Script forms

Simplified 郏 · Traditional 郟

Basic meaning

county in Henan province

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Jiaru near Luoyi, west of modern Luoyang in one layer; Jia fief around modern Jia county, Henan in the Zheng-state layer; Xingyang and Wuling commandery associations.

Origin note

Jia/郏 should be read as a place-name and fief-name surname, not as the ordinary graph alone. One layer links the surname to Jiaru near the Eastern Zhou/Luoyi setting after King Cheng of Zhou built the eastern capital. Another layer cites a Spring and Autumn Zheng official whose family held a Jia fief, with descendants using the place as the surname. These are recorded as parallel origin layers.

Historical figures

Historical figures to enrich

This surname page is ready for a fame-ranked figure list. Later passes can add generals, poets, rulers, artists, scholars and modern public figures with source links.

Sources checked

Wikipedia: Jia surname - Baijiaxing rank, traditional/simplified forms, early Zhou Jiaru place-name layer, Zheng Jia fief layer, and commandery notes
China News / Huawen: source of Jia surname - Jia Zhang / Zheng fief, Xingyuan, Yuanhe Xingzuan, and Jia county tradition summary
Hao86 Baijiaxing surname page: Jia - Jiaru / Zhou Cheng Wang and Zheng Jia fief origin accounts
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 邊扈燕冀郟浦尚農
Han Dian: Jia - basic character meaning and surname listing only

郏 🔊

Origin note

Historical figures

Historical figures to enrich

Sources checked

郏